Developmental-behavioral pediatrics : evidence and practice /

Based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Primary Care: Child and Adolescent Version (DSM-PC), this state-of-the-art reference expertly guides you through normal and abnormal development and behavior for all pediatric age groups. See how neurobiological, environmental, and human relationshi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Wolraich, Mark (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Mosby/Elsevier, ©2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • The history of child developmental-behavioral health policy in the United States
  • Theoretical foundations of developmental-behavioral pediatrics
  • Research foundations, methods, and issues in developmental-behavioral pediatrics
  • The origins of behavior and cognition in the developing brain
  • Family context in developmental-behaviorial pediatrics
  • Diagnostic classification systems
  • Screening and assessment tools
  • Treatment and management
  • Adaptation to general health problems and their treatment
  • Developmental-behavioral aspects of chronic conditions
  • Cognitive and adaptive disabilities
  • Learning disabilities
  • Language and speech disorders
  • Motor disabilities and multiple handicapping conditions
  • Autism spectrum disorders
  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
  • Exernalizing conditions
  • Internalizing conditions
  • The effect of substance use disorders on children and adolescents
  • Child maltreatment: developmental consequences
  • Pain and somatoform disorders
  • Sleep and sleep disorders in children
  • Feeding and eating conditions
  • Elimination conditions
  • Sexuality
  • Atypical behavior: self injury and pica
  • Strategies to enhance developmental and behavioral services in primary care
  • Ethical issues in developmental-behavioral pediatrics: a historical approach.