The effects on child and adult mental health of adoption and foster care June Thoburn Introduction: mapping the terrain Adoption and foster care are important ‘solutions’ to identified problems or…
The relationship between physical and mental health in children and adolescents Julia Gledhill M. Elena Garralda Introduction The link between physical and psychological disorder in children and adolescents is well…
Child abuse and neglect David P. H. Jones Introduction Child abuse and neglect (child maltreatment) is a combination of a consensus about what comprises unacceptable child rearing/care, together with what…
Child trauma David Trickey Dora Black Children’s reactions to traumatic events This chapter will focus on the impact on children of traumatic events other than child abuse or neglect, which…
The influence of family, school, and the environment Barbara Maughan Introduction Like adult disorders, most child psychiatric problems are now regarded as multifactorially determined: both genetic and environmental factors play…
Gender identity disorder in children and adolescents Richard Green Variance in psychosexual development Psychosexual development of sex-typed behaviours spans a broad mix of the elements that comprise ‘masculinity’ and ‘femininity’….
Suicide and attempted suicide in children and adolescents David Shaffer Cynthia R. Pfeffer Jennifer Gutstein* Introduction Suicidal behaviour is a matter of great concern for clinicians who deal with the…
Sleep disorders in children and adolescents Gregory Stores Introduction It was argued in Chapter 4.14.1 that sleep disorders medicine should be viewed as an integral part of psychiatry, whatever the…
Obsessive-compulsive disorder and tics in children and adolescents Martine F. Flament Philippe Robaey Introduction Although obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has long been considered as a disorder of adulthood, the early child…
Paediatric mood disorders David Brent Boris Birmaher In this chapter, we describe the nosology and epidemiology of paediatric unipolar and bipolar disorders, risk factors and predictors of course, and the…
