A cogent, caring, and comprehensive response to the reality that many children live lives of constant threat, fear, and confusion while lacking opportunities for positive social interactions, stimulation, and empowerment.
Created by the International Dementia Alliance, this unique resource contains a global clinical staging schedule for dementia and essential, practical information on how to use it.
Comprehensive description of adult outcome in educational, occupational, emotional, social, substance use, legal, antisocial functioning is described via the best well-controlled prospective follow-up studies of children with ADHD into adulthood.
Aimed at the medical and teaching professions, this work introduces the medical background to autism and discusses educational approaches to helping those diagnosed as autistic. The authors attempt to bridge the gap between the theoretical and practical understandings of autism.
With the explosion of research on autism and related disorders, this new edition provides an up-to-date analysis of evidence in the field. Discussing changes in diagnoses and early interventions, as well as neurobiology, pharmacology and genetics, this is an essential guide on autism for psychiatrists, psychologists, pediatricians, and educators.
Several chapters feature embedded exercises and guided meditations, and an appendix with audio guided meditations and a resource list provides psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric residents, social workers, counselors, and nurse practitioners, among others, with readily accessible tools to use in sessions with patients.
Following hot on the heels of the launch of the new syllabus and new MRCPsych exam in Spring 2008 by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, this book contains 450 multiple choice questions tailored to these requirements. Supporting these MCQs are detailed explanatory answers and revision notes. Content is closely matched to the exam.
Reflecting the new syllabus and new MRCPsych exam launched by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, this book contains more than 450 multiple choice questions covering Paper 2. Closely matched to the exam, these MCQs are supported by detailed explanatory answers and revision notes.
This book represents a major effort to integrate contemporary theories and findings regarding the psychological effects of severe trauma. It explores the psychodynamic implications of aggression, sexuality and dependency, and the consequences of primitive defensive operations dealing with them.