Kaplan & Sadock's Concise Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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.