Treatment Strategies in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Deficit and Conduct Disorders in Children and Adolescents

   • Walid O. Shekim

   Pages 1-18

3. Adolescent Depression

   • S. P. Kutcher, P. Marton

   Pages 19-29

4. Psychopharmacological Treatment of School Phobia

   • Barry D. Garfinkel

   Pages 31-47

5. Treatment of Childhood Obsessive—Compulsive Disorder

   • Martine F. Flament, Luis Vera

   Pages 49-75

6. Autism and Aggression

   • Magda Campbell, Richard P. Malone, Vivian Kafantaris

   Pages 77-98

7. Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Substance Abuse Disorders

   • Nicholas L. Rock

   Pages 99-113

8. Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa

   • Kai Tolstrup

   Pages 115-131

9. Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

   • Jovan G. Simeon

   Pages 133-150

10. Recent Developments in Diet Therapy

    • H. Bruce Ferguson

    Pages 151-162

11. Treatment of Developmental Language Disorders

    • Michel Dugas, Christophe Gérard

    Pages 163-175

12. Child Psychotherapy

    • Denis M. Donovan, Deborah McIntyre

    Pages 177-197

13. Family Therapy

    • Vincenzo F. DiNicola

    Pages 199-219

14. Back Matter

    Pages 221-233

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It is clear that child and adolescent psychiatric disorders impose a heavy burden of suffering. Recent large-scale community epidemiological studies suggest that as many as 20% of children and adolescents in the general population may have clinically important mental disorders. These disorders are accompanied by associated impairments in various domains of the child's life, resulting in lowered life quality for the child and his or her family. In addition, for some conditions, the onset of the disorder in childhood heralds a lifetime of serious psychosocial disturbance for a significant subgroup of affected children. For instance, about 40% of children seen in clinic settings with conduct disorder in late childhood and early adolescence will have serious psychiatric disorders in adult life. Finally, the heavy burden of suffering of these conditions is indicated by the large amounts of both human and financial resources devoted to their assessment and treatment. There is a pressing need in the field for effective treatments (that is, those that have been shown to do more good than harm) that will result in a significant reduction in the burden of suffering resulting from these disorders. Further, these effective interventions must be readily available and acceptable to clini­ cians in the settings in which children with mental disorders (and their families) seek care. This book addresses an important need in the treatment field.

• Anorexia nervosa
• assessment
• attention
• attention deficit
• depression
• diagnosis
• intervention
• psychiatric disorder
• psychiatry

• Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

  Jovan G. Simeon

• Department of Psychology, Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada

  H. Bruce Ferguson

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