Neuropsychiatric disorders James C. Harris The developmental perspective Developmental neuropsychiatry addresses the neurobiological basis of behaviour in infants, children, and adolescents with neuro-developmental disorders and in those with brain damage…
Prevention of mental disorder in childhood and other public health issues Rhoshel Lenroot Introduction Over the last two decades advances in psychiatric classification systems and screening tools have allowed the…
Assessment in child and adolescent psychiatry Jeff Bostic Andrés Martin The goals of assessment of a child/adolescent are to (1) detect psychopathology and its impacts on the child’s functioning in…
Epidemiology of psychiatric disorder in childhood and adolescence E. Jane Costello Adrian Angold Epidemiology is the study of patterns of disease in human populations.(1) Patterns are non-random distributions, and patterns…
Developmental psychopathology and classification in childhood and adolescence Stephen Scott Introduction Classification schemes of psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence have to take into account three particular features. Firstly, the…
The planning and organization of services for older adults Pamela S. Melding Introduction When does an individual become an older adult? When they show signs of ageing? When they retire…
Special features of psychiatric treatment for the elderly Catherine Oppenheimer Introduction Three themes underlie the topics in this chapter. Old age is a time of multiple problems Physical, psychological, and…
Sex in old age John Kellett Catherine Oppenheimer Introduction A Darwinian sees man as devoted to reproducing himself. The decline of fertility with age makes one question the biological purpose…
Suicide and deliberate self-harm in elderly people Robin Jacoby Introduction Although in some countries suicide rates in young males have risen dramatically in the last decade or so, suicide in…
Personality disorders in the elderly Suzanne Holroyd Introduction The study of personality disorder (PD) in late life presents conceptual, diagnostic, and methodological difficulties. By definition, PD is considered a group…
