ABSTRACT

The case studies in this book provide a unique source of material suitable for all practitioners and trainers. The book gives detailed descriptions of common cases seen in specialist child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) including depression, learning disabilities, Asperger’s syndrome, anorexia, deliberate self harm and schizophrenia. Subject reviews and summaries in each chapter aid comprehension, and explanatory figures, boxed text and lists make the content easy to recall. The book illustrates practical ways of managing and treating cases in an evidence-based manner. This resource is vital for child and adolescent mental health services practitioners, including psychiatrists, psychologists, specialist child health nurses and social workers. Trainee child and adolescent mental health services practitioners will also find the information invaluable.

chapter 1|24 pages

Oppositional defiant behaviour

chapter 2|23 pages

Adolescent depression

chapter 3|19 pages

School refusal

chapter 4|16 pages

Intellectual (learning) disability

chapter 5|19 pages

Parental divorce and separation

chapter 6|21 pages

Looked after child

chapter 7|16 pages

Asperger’s syndrome

chapter 8|18 pages

Anorexia nervosa

chapter 9|22 pages

Hyperkinetic Disorder

chapter 10|19 pages

Obsessive compulsive disorder

chapter 11|21 pages

Somatisation

chapter 12|18 pages

Conduct disorder

chapter 13|21 pages

Post-traumatic stress disorder

chapter 14|20 pages

Deliberate self-harm I: overdose

chapter 15|17 pages

Deliberate self-harm II: self-injury

chapter 16|14 pages

Adolescent schizophrenia