Where There Is No Child Psychiatrist: A Mental Healthcare Manual

Valsamma Eapen; Philip Graham; Shoba Srinath

doi:10.1017/9781009541640

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Where There Is No Child Psychiatrist

A Mental Healthcare Manual

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Valsamma Eapen, Philip Graham, Shoba Srinath

Publisher:: Royal College of Psychiatrists
Online publication date:: April 2024
Print publication year:: 2012
Online ISBN:: 9781009541640
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009541640
Creative Commons:: This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/creativelicenses

Subjects:: Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Medicine, Psychiatry

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Mental health problems and worries are common among infants, children and adolescents in every part of the world. This book is a practical manual for primary healthcare professionals, teachers and anyone who works with children - especially in places where specialist psychiatric care is not available. After giving the reader an overview of child mental health problems, the manual goes on to deal with the various developmental, behavioural and emotional problems that arise in as many as 10% of the youth population. For each problem it first provides a case study and then describes how to find out more about a child with this problem. It suggests what can be done to help the child and their family. It also examines the mental health aspects of childhood maltreatment and exposure to natural or man-made disasters. The only comprehensive book on mental healthcare in young people for those with no access to specialist medical advice, this book is intended for anyone who works with children or young people, but who does not have specialist training in mental health problems, which includes primary care doctors and nurses, community health workers and teachers. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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A Mental Healthcare Manual

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-v

Preface
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-vii

Abbreviations
pp viii-viii

List of tables and boxes
pp ix-x

1 - Introduction
pp 1-3

2 - Assessment and treatment: general principles
pp 4-8

3 - Making a summary and action plan
pp 9-10

4 - Development and developmental problems
pp 11-28

5 - Intellectual disability
pp 29-33

6 - Habit disorders
pp 34-51

7 - Emotional problems
pp 52-69

8 - Behaviour and related problems
pp 70-86

9 - Specific problems in adolescence
pp 87-98

10 - Alcohol and drug dependency
pp 99-106

11 - Psychotic disorders
pp 107-111

12 - Chronic physical illness and disability
pp 112-135

13 - Physical illness without an identifiable physical explanation
pp 136-147

14 - Stressful situations
pp 148-170

15 - Parents and the needs of children
pp 171-175

16 - Mental health promotion
pp 176-184

17 - Medication
pp 185-186

References and suggested reading
pp 187-187

Appendix 1 - My star chart
pp 188-188

Appendix 2 - Guide to medication for use in childhood mental disorders
pp 189-194

Index
pp 195-203

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