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…
9 TRAUMA- AND STRESSOR-RELATED DISORDERS Trauma- and stressor-related disorders are a new category in DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013) that includes reactive attachment disorder, disinhibited social engagement disorder, posttraumatic stress…
5 BIPOLAR DISORDER CLINICAL DESCRIPTION DSM-5 breaks out bipolar and related disorders into their own chapter (American Psychiatric Association 2013). The DSM-5 criteria for bipolar disorders are the same for…
7 ANXIETY DISORDERS Although fears and anxiety occur normally during development (Table 7–1), anxiety disorders in children remain underrecognized and undertreated and can lead to lack of social competence, rejection…
4 SCHIZOPHRENIA CLINICAL DESCRIPTION Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder that most commonly emerges in early adulthood. DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013) criteria for schizophrenia are the same at all ages….
14 DISRUPTIVE, IMPULSE-CONTROL, AND CONDUCT DISORDERS DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013) placed oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder into a new chapter that also includes intermittent explosive disorder (very rarely…
10 FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013) placed all of the eating and feeding disorders in a single section, whether the typical onset is in early childhood…
11 ELIMINATION DISORDERS DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013) placed elimination disorders in their own chapter (formerly grouped, in DSM-IV, under “Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence”). ENURESIS…
1 INTRODUCTION The Concise Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 5th Edition, offers an introduction to mental health care in children and adolescents to be used in conjunction with clinical…
