Evidence-Based Practice as a Conceptual Framework John Hamilton Introduction David Sackett, an internist and epidemiologist, historically defined an evidence-based medicine approach as consisting of five steps: Converting the need for…
Understanding Research Methods and Statistics: A Primer for Clinicians George A. Morgan Jeffrey A. Gliner Robert J. Harmon Introduction Purposes of Research Research has two general purposes: a) increasing knowledge…
International Child and Adolescent Mental Health Myron L. Belfer Maurice Eisenbruch Goal This chapter delineates areas of concern in international child and adolescent mental health and focuses on issues of…
Sexual Minority Youth Cynthia J. Telingator Peter T. Daniolos Identity, Role, and Orientation It is challenging to write a chapter on sexual minority youth and avoid the trap of further…
The Hearing or Visually Impaired Child Peter Hindley Alison Salt Models of Deafness, Visual Impairment, and Deaf-Blindness: Culture and Disability Deafness and severe visual impairment (SVI) are low-incidence conditions which,…
Cultural Child and Adolescent Psychiatry G. Pirooz Sholevar Introduction Cultural child and adolescent psychiatry consists of a body of theoretical and technical knowledge that informs high quality psychiatric evaluation, treatment…
Money Matters: Funding Care Martin Knapp David P.A. McDaid Sujith Dhanasiri Introduction The primary concerns of anyone working with children and adolescents with mental health problems are alleviation of symptoms,…
Child and Family Policy: A Role for Child Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines Walter S. Gilliam Edward F. Zigler Matia Finn-Stevenson Child and adolescent psychiatrists, as well as their allied discipline…
Education and Training Dorothy E. Stubbe Eugene V. Beresin If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain as he is. But if you treat him as if…
