Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

This concise and readable text provides the essential information that residents and general psychiatrists need to evaluate and treat psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Clinical case studies reinforce the major points in each chapter and tables present at-a-glance information on psychotropic drugs for various disorders. Coverage includes a supplementary treatment section addressing a broad spectrum of clinical situations and a section on special issues such as violence, suicide, abuse, and custody.