Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Written by leading clinicians and research experts in the fields of child development and psychopathology, this book is an authoritative and up to date guide for psychologists, psychiatrists, paediatricians and other professionals working with vulnerable children. The opening chapters outline neurobiological, genetic, familial and cultural influences upon child development, especially those fostering children's resilience and emotional wellbeing. Discussion of the acquisition of social and emotional developmental competencies leads on to reviews of child psychopathology, clinical diagnoses, assessment and intervention. Developed with busy professionals and trainees in mind, it is comprehensively yet concisely written, using visual aids to help the reader absorb information rapidly and easily. This book is an essential purchase for those working or training in all clinical and community child settings. CONTENTS Section 1: Developing Competencies. 1a: Contextual Influences upon Social and Emotional Development. 1. Family and Systemic Influences (Barbara Maughan). 2. Sibling Influences (Judy Dunn). 3. Culture and Child Development (Ruma Bose and Sanjida Sattar). 4. Neurobehavioural Development in Infancy (Cindy H. Liu and Ed Tronick). 5. Genetic and Biological Influences (David Skuse). 1b: General Patterns of Development. 6. Clinical Evaluation of Development fromBirth to Five Years (Ajay Sharma and Tony O'Sullivan). 7. Early Social and Emotional Experience Matters: The First Year of Life (Howard Steele). 8. Language Development (Thomas Klee and Stephanie F. Stokes). 9. Development of Social Cognition (Virginia Slaughter). 10. Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood (Alan Carr). 11. Social-Cognitive Development During Adolescence (Sarah-Jayne Blakemore). Section 2: Promoting Well-Being. 12. Promoting Infant Mental Health (Christine Puckering). 13. Promoting Children's Well-Being (Paul Stallard). 14. Fostering Resilience in Adolescents (Angela Veale). Section 3: Attachment and Separation. 15. Attachment Theory: Research and Clinical Implications (Pasco Fearon). 16. Children Bereaved by Parent or Sibling Death (Linda Dowdney). 17. Adoption and Fostering (Jill Hodges). Section 4: The Impact of Trauma and Maltreatment. 18. Stress and Reactions to Stress in Children (Guinevere Tufnell). 19. Child Maltreatment (Danya Glaser). 20. The Neuroscience and Genetics of Childhood Maltreatment (Eamon McCrory, Stephane A. De Brito, and Essi Viding). Section 5: Atypical Development. 5a: Infancy and Early Childhood. 21. Feeding and Eating Disorders in Infancy and Childhood (Rachel Bryant-Waugh). 22. Literacy Disorders (Valerie Muter and Margaret J. Snowling). 5b: Middle Childhood. 23. Autism Spectrum Disorders (Tony Charman). 24. Somatization and Somatoform Disorders (Elena Garralda). 25. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Anita Thapar and Antonio Munoz-Solomando). 26. Challenges in Child and Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Elaine Chung and Isobel Heyman). 27. Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents (Aaron Vallance and Elena Garralda). 28. Childhood Behavioural Disorders (Graeme Lamb). 29. Specific Language Impairment (Gina Conti-Ramsden and Kevin Durkin). 5c: Adolescence. 30. Depression and Suicidal Behaviour in Children and Adolescents (Julia Gledhill and Matthew Hodes). 31. Eating Disorders in Adolescence (Dasha Nicholls). 32. Substance Misuse in Young People (K.A.H. Mirza, Roshin M. Sudesh, and Sudeshni Mirza). 33. Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder (Anthony James). 34. Emerging Personality Disorder (Eileen Vizard). Section 6: Assessment. 35. Diagnostic Classification: Current Dilemmas and Possible Solutions (Eric Taylor). 36. Paediatric Neuropsychological Assessment I: An Assessment Framework (Judith Middleton). 37. Paediatric Neuropsychological Assessment II: Domains for Assessment (Jane Gilmour and Bettina Hohnen). 38. Assessment of Child Psychiatric Disorders (Helen Bruce and Navina Evans). 39. Psychological Assessment (Michael Berger). 40. Family Therapy Assessment (Alexandra Mary John). Section 7: Approaches to Intervention. 41. Discovering Psychiatric Pharmacogenomics (David A. Mrazek). 42. Cognitive–Behavioural Therapy for Children and Adolescents (Cathy Creswell and Thomas G. O'Connor). 43. Parenting Programmes for Conduct Problems (Stephen Scott and Sajid Humayun). 44. Systemic and Family Approaches to Intervention (Philip Messent). 45. Psychotherapeutic Approaches: A Psychodynamic Perspective (Eilis Kennedy). 46. Paediatric Psychopharmacology: Special Considerations (Paramala J. Santosh and Rakendu Suren). Index.