Mental health care of children and adolescents : a guide for primary care clinicians [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: The pediatric advantage. Integrating preventive mental health care into pediatric practice -- Pediatric care of children and adolescents with mental health problems -- Part 2: Enhancing pediatric mental health care. Office and network systems to support mental health care -- Partnering to improve community mental health systems -- Effective communication methods: common factors skills -- Part 3: Elements of care. Iterative mental health assessment -- Psychosocial therapies -- Self-regulation therapies and biofeedback -- Complementary and integrative medical therapies -- Adapting psychosocial interventions to primary care -- Psychotropic medications in primary care -- Transitioning adolescents with mental health conditions to adult care -- Part 4: Pediatric care of children with common mental health concerns, signs, and symptoms. Agitation, suicidality, and other psychiatric emergencies -- Anxiety and trauma-related distress -- Disruptive behavior and aggression -- Eating abnormalities -- Emotional or behavioral disturbance in children younger than 5 years -- Family dysfunction -- Gender expression and identity -- Inattention and impulsivity -- Learning difficulty -- Low mood -- Maternal depression -- Medically unexplained symptoms -- Nonadherence to medical treatment -- School absenteeism and school refusal -- Self-injury -- Sleep disturbances -- Speech and language concerns -- Substance use 1: use of tobacco and nicotine -- Substance use 2: use of other substances -- Substance use 3: specialty referral and comanagement -- Appendixes.

"This indispensable resource provides vital guidance for integrating mental health care into your primary care practice. Learn from leading experts the latest information on enhancements to the medical home and on the care of children and adolescents with mental health symptoms that do not rise to the threshold for a diagnosis, as well as those that do"--Publisher's description

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