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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Philadelphia :
Mosby/Elsevier,
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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.