Behavioral Pediatrics [Paperback]

BEHAVIORAL PADIATRICS has been developed to provide theprimary-care physician with a practical guide to earlyrecognition of an intervention in the significant problemsincreasingly affecting the emotional health of our childrenand adolescents. The first part of the volume introducesgeneral concepts of normal development, assessment, andtreatment. Part two focuses on specific behavioral pediatricdisorders, with particular attention to practical approachesto diagnosis, management, and referral.BEHAVIORAL PADIATRICS has been developed to provide theprimary-care physician with a practical guide to earlyrecognition of an intervention in the significant problemsincreasingly affecting the emotional health of our childrenand adolescents. The first part of the volume introducesgeneral concepts of normal development, assessment, andtreatment. Part two focuses on specific behavioral pediatricdisorders, with particular attention to practical approachesto diagnosis, management, and referral.1A Basic Behavioral Pediatric Principles: General Concepts.- 1 Normal Psychological Development: Theories and Concepts.- 2 Child and Adolescent Sexuality: Perspectives and Recommendations.- 3 Homosexuality.- 1B Basic Behavioral Pediatric Principles: Assessment Concepts.- 4 Behavioral Assessment.- 5 Psychometric Testing.- 6 Behavioral and Developmental Disorders of the Infant and Young Child: Assessment and Management.- 7 Presenting Problems in Behavioral Disorders.- 1C Basic Behavioral Pediatric Principles: General Treatment Concepts.- 8 Communicating with Patients and Parents.- 9 Introduction to Family Therapy.- 10 Psychopharmacology: An Overview.- 2 Specific Behavioral Pediatric Concepts/Disorders.- 11 Abuse.- 12 Anxiety Disorders.- 13 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- 14 Infantile Autism.- 15 The Behavioral Aspects of Chronic Illóâ