Developmental Characteristics of Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Children Josephine Elia Thornton B. A. Mason II Sleep is a fascinating phenomenon, and the study of sleep and sleep disorders has…
Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders in Children and Adolescents Robert A. King Tamar Steinberg Tics are sudden, involuntary, repetitive, but nonrhythmical movements or vocalizations. They range in number, frequency, persistence,…
Neuroradiological Imaging in Children Ken Allison Todd Miller Jacqueline Bello Neuroradiological imaging plays a fundamental role in the diagnosis and management of neurological disease in children and adolescents. This chapter…
Movement Disorders in Children and Adolescents Kelly Condefer Rachel Saunders-Pullman Movement disorders occupy a unique intersection between neurology and psychiatry. They may have comorbid psychiatric features that can be due…
Pediatric Neurological Examination for the Psychiatrist Steven M. Wolf Patricia Engel Mcgoldrick Lee Cohen This chapter should assist psychiatrists in detecting medical or neurological disorders that may masquerade as psychiatric…
Disorders of Mental Development Marcel Kinsbourne Frank B. Wood A host of neurologic disorders with onset early in life compromise mental development. The cognitive impairment may be one among many…
Neurologic Manifestations of Systemic Illness S. Robert Snodgrass METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHIES Extracerebral diseases and disturbances may interfere with neurologic function by impairing oxygen and glucose supply or by disturbing the ionic…
Diseases of the Motor Unit Harvey B. Sarnat John H. Menkes But this form of myopathy, this pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis which was described by Duchenne (of Boulogne), that great worker in…
Headaches and Nonepileptic Episodic Disorders A. David Rothner John H. Menkes HEADACHES IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Headache is common problem affecting a significant number of children and adolescents. In one…
