Clinical manual of pediatric psychosomatic medicine; mental health consultation with physically ill children and adolescents.9781585621873 Clinical manual of pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. psychosomatic medicine psychosomatic medicine (sī'kōsōmăt`ĭk), study and treatment of those emotional disturbances that are manifested as physical disorders. ; mental health consultation with physically ill children and adolescents. Shaw, Richard J. and David R. DeMaso. American Psychiatric Pub. 2006 411 pages $85.00 Paperback RC49 Shaw (psychiatry and pediatrics, Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. ) and DeMaso (psychiatry and pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. ) provide practitioners with an overview of key issues that arise in psychiatric consultation with physically ill children, and offer a framework to help guide clinical assessment and management. They overview pediatric psychiatry consultation, including legal and forensic issues, then detail specific psychiatric symptoms and disorders in physically ill children and adolescents, and provide assessment templates. Chapters on treatment and intervention cover psychotherapy psychotherapy, treatment of mental and emotional disorders using psychological methods. Psychotherapy, thus, does not include physiological interventions, such as drug therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, although it may be used in combination with such methods. , family therapy, psychopharmalogical approaches, and preparing patients for procedures. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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