Publisher's Synopsis
A team of 51 experts has created a reference that reflects a biopsychosocial approach to patient treatment that is accessible. The contributors have distilled the essence of their work into 20 crafted chapters - including three new chapters on the clinical treatment of children and adolescents - updating key clinical information related to a variety of settings, such as inpatient, partial hospitalization and outpatient.;The chapters are organized around three broad areas, from normal development and assessment methods to diagnostic information and finally to treatment, these authors update and summarize: normal child and adolescent development, the psychiatric interview, psychiatric history and mental status examination; a broad spectrum of psychiatric disorders that affect infants, children, adolescents, adults and seniors; the latest treatments, including psychopharmacology and electroconvulsive therapy; psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and supportive psychotherapy; and treatment of children and adolescents.
