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17 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY SPECIAL ISSUES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS General Principles In the treatment of psychiatric disturbances in children and adolescents, psychopharmacology may be a key part of a multimodal treatment…
18 PSYCHOSOCIAL TREATMENTS The ideal mental health service delivery system provides a continuum of care (i.e., integrated programs at all levels of intensity) in which the child and family can…
16 SPECIAL CLINICAL CIRCUMSTANCES This chapter covers a wide variety of situations and conditions that are not psychiatric diagnoses but in which psychiatric clinical skills may be useful or even…
12 SLEEP-WAKE DISORDERS Nearly 25% of all children experience a sleep disorder at some time. Sleep complaints are related to the quality, timing, and amount of sleep. The common feature…
15 SUBSTANCE-RELATED AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS CLINICAL DESCRIPTION DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013) no longer includes separate diagnoses for substance abuse and dependence. A single list of criteria is provided for…
13 GENDER DYSPHORIA KEY CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY Sex refers to anatomical and genetic characteristics associated with being male or female. For most babies, a natal sex is assigned at birth…
