Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety, Phobias, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Essential Concepts Screening Questions Are there things that you are afraid of? Do you often feel nervous? Are there particular things that…
Juvenile Onset Bipolar Disorder Essential Concepts Screening Questions Have you had periods of time when you feel so happy and energetic that you feel “on top of the world” or…
Depressive Disorders: Major Depression, Dysthymia, Depression NOS Essential Concepts Screening Questions Have you felt down or depressed? Have your friends noticed a change in you? Have you lost interest in…
Feeding and Eating Disorders of Infancy or Early Childhood: Pica, Rumination Disorder, Feeding Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood Essential Concepts Pica, the eating of non-nutritive substances, may be normative…
Elimination Disorders: Functional Encopresis and Functional Enuresis Essential Concepts A biological etiology must be ruled out in all cases of enuresis and encopresis. Nocturnal enuresis may be developmental and tends…
Tourette Disorder and Other Tic Disorders Essential Concepts Motor tics are repetitive, involuntary movements of discrete muscle groups. Phonic (or vocal) tics are involuntary sounds. The tics of Tourette disorder…
Selective Mutism Essential Concepts Selective mutism is a fairly rare disorder of childhood characterized by the ability to understand language and speak, but to do so only in certain situations….
Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Essential Concepts A behavior disorder must be differentiated from normal oppositionality as a child gains more autonomy, a consequence of another disorder, or a…
Separation Anxiety Disorder Essential Concepts Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) commonly presents with somatic symptoms such as stomachaches or headaches to avoid leaving home. About three-fourths of children with SAD exhibit…
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Essential Concepts ADHD is a clinical diagnosis based on careful history taking, clinical examination, and information from multiple sources and multiple settings (school, home, community). The…
