DSM-IV-TR Casebook and
Treatment Guide for Child Mental Health Cathryn A. Galanter, Peter S. Jensen
Volume 1: Learning Companion to
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Softcover: 224 pages
ISBN 1585623105
978-1585623105
American Psychiatric Association May 2009 (click button below for the very best currently available price
for this important resource)
The book's foundation is its compelling
and meticulously narrated cases.
Each patient has a narrative, and it is
the clinician's responsibility to frame that narrative in a way that
is beneficial to the patient and promotes the appropriate
intervention.
The heart of the book is its cases,
which are organized into four parts by increasing complexity. Each
case is accompanied by three expert commentaries, simulating the
experience of meeting with a panel of supervisors or—depending on
the reader’s training level—consultants who are among the best in
the field.:
Classic Cases, where the diagnosis
is fairly clear;
Comorbid Complexity, where the
diagnosis may be complicated by co-existing conditions;
Toughest Cases, where the diagnosis
is unclear or the patient has been unresponsive to treatment;
and, finally,
Kids in Crisis, where the patient's
psychopathology exists in the context of extreme social
stressors.
Cathryn A. Galanter, M.D., is Assistant
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Division of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University/New York State
Psychiatric Institute in New York, New York.
Peter S. Jensen, M.D., is President and Chief Executive Officer of
the REACH Institute (Resource for Advancing Children's Health) in
New York, New York.
Table of Contents:
Preface: how to use this book.
Introduction.
Part I: Classic Cases. Editor’s
comments: introduction to classic cases. Trouble paying
attention: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Trouble
with transitions: does my child have autism?. Living in her
parents’ shadow: separation anxiety disorder. Chatterbox at
home: selective mutism. Everything bothers her: major depressive
disorder. Excessively silly: bipolar disorder. Life of the
party: chronic marijuana use. My mind is breaking: psychosis.
She just won’t eat a thing: anorexia nervosa. The blinker:
tourette’s disorder. She never falls asleep: disordered sleep in
an adolescent. The tapper: obsessive compulsive disorder.
Part II: Comorbid Complexity.
Editor’s comments: introduction to comorbid complexity. Stealing
the car: disruptive behavior in an adolescent. Zero tolerance:
threats to harm a teacher in elementary school. Anxious
adolescent in the emergency room: possible abuse of
prescription. The worried child: a child with multiple anxiety
disorders. Affective storms: a careful assessment of rage
attacks. Failing out of school: language and reading weaknesses.
Functional abdominal pain in a child with inflammatory bowel
disease.
Part III: Toughest Cases: Diagnostic
and Treatment Dilemmas. Editor’s comments: introduction to
toughest cases. Frequent tantrums: oppositional behavior in a
young child. Toddler with temper tantrums: a careful assessment
of a dysregulated toddler. Won’t leave his room: clinical high
risk for developing psychosis.I just want to die: double
depression. Cutting helps me feel better: non-suicidal self
injury. Admission to the state hospital: a child in foster care
with psychotic symptoms.
Part IV: Kids in Crisis
(Psychopathology in the Context of Social Stressors). Editor’s
comments: introduction to kids in crisis. Suicidal ideation
after supervised visits with biological mom: depressed mood in a
child in foster care. Irritability and anger in an adolescent
refugee. Moody child: depressed in the context of parental
divorce. It should have been me: childhood bereavement. Won’t
settle down: disinhibited attachment in a toddler.
Part V: Diagnostic Decision Making.
Part VI: Conclusion: Research and
Clinical Perspectives Diagnostic and Treatment Decision-making.
Whence the future?
Appendix: Screening tools and rating
scales useful in the screening, assessment and monitoring of
children and adolescents. Index.
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