Infant and early childhood mental health: an issue of child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America

First, Infant Development is discussed. Then there are two articles on assessment in early childhood psychiatry: Psychiatric assessment, and Assessment of the caregiver-child relationship in early childhood psychiatry. Early Childhood Mental Health Problems are discussed next, such as Internalizing, Trauma andPTSD, Preschool Disruptive Behavior and ADHD (as viewed through a developmental lens), Pervasive Developmental Disorders, and Parental Psychopathology. In the next section, Early Childhood Specific Treatment Modalities are reviewed: Interventions for Behavioral Problems, Interventions for trauma--exposed dyads: Infant - Parent Psychotherapy and Child - Parent Psychotherapy, Video feedback in parent-infant treatment, Psychosocial interventions with biological effects: Bucharest Early Intervention Project, and Psychopharmacological interventions in preschoolers. Finally, Models of Care are proposed.

• ISBN: 978-1-4377-1199-8
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 26/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido