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Product Description

This book presents updated clinical material on child and adolescent psychiatry from the best-selling Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, Tenth Edition. Coverage includes clinically relevant information on normal and abnormal development; examination; neuroimaging; learning, communication and behavioral disorders; adolescent substance abuse; forensic issues; and the spectrum of psychiatric problems such as depression and bipolar disorders. Treatment chapters include a broad range of psychopharmacotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic techniques, and the many controversies related to appropriate use of medication in children are addressed. The book is DSM-IV-TR compatible and replete with case studies and tables, including DSM-IV-TR tables.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 edition (September 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 978-0781793872
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds