Mental Health Care of Children and Adolescents

Mental Health Care of Children and Adolescents

A Guide for Primary Care Clinicians

  • Auteur: Foy, Jane Meschan
  • Éditeur: American Academy of Pediatrics
  • ISBN: 9781610021500
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781610021517
  • eISBN Epub: 9781610022330
  • Lieu de publication:  Illinois , United States
  • Année de publication: 2018
  • Année de publication électronique: 2018
  • Mois : Mai
  • Pages: 932
  • Langue: Anglais
This indispensable resource provides primary care clinicians with a framework for addressing pediatric mental health problems in the primary care practice. It offers guidance on practice enhancements and on clinical care of patients with identified mental health concerns, signs and symptoms, as well as common disorders.

Topics Include:
  • Integrating preventive mental health care into pediatric practice
  • Pediatric care of children and adolescents with mental health problems
  • Office and network systems to support mental health care
  • Partnering to improve community mental health systems
  • Psychosocial therapies
  • Triage for psychiatric emergencies
  • Use of psychotropic medications in primary care
  • Care of children with common mental health concerns, signs and symptoms
  • Assessment and care of children with unexplained medical symptoms
  • And more…
  • Mental Health Care of Children and Adolescents
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. The Pediatric Advantage
    • Chapter 1. Integrating Preventive Mental Health Care Into Pediatric Practice
    • Chapter 2. Pediatric Care of Children and Adolescents With Mental Health Problems
  • Part 2. Enhancing Pediatric Mental Health Care
    • Chapter 3. Office and Network Systems to Support Mental Health Care
    • Chapter 4. Partnering to Improve Community Mental Health Systems
    • Chapter 5. Effective Communication Methods: Common Factors Skills
  • Part 3. Elements of Care
    • Chapter 6. Iterative Mental Health Assessment
    • Chapter 7. Psychosocial Therapies
    • Chapter 8. Self-regulation Therapies and Biofeedback
    • Chapter 9. Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies
    • Chapter 10. Adapting Psychosocial Interventions to Primary Care
    • Chapter 11. Psychotropic Medications in Primary Care
    • Chapter 12. Transitioning Adolescents With Mental Health Conditions to Adult Care
  • Part 4. Pediatric Care of Children With Common Mental Health Concerns, Signs, and Symptoms
    • Chapter 13. Agitation, Suicidality, and Other Psychiatric Emergencies
    • Chapter 14. Anxiety and Trauma-Related Distress
    • Chapter 15. Disruptive Behavior and Aggression
    • Chapter 16. Eating Abnormalities
    • Chapter 17. Emotional or Behavioral Disturbance in Children Younger Than 5 Years
    • Chapter 18. Family Dysfunction
    • Chapter 19. Gender Expression and Identity
    • Chapter 20. Inattention and Impulsivity
    • Chapter 21. Learning Difficulty
    • Chapter 22. Low Mood
    • Chapter 23. Maternal Depression
    • Chapter 24. Medically Unexplained Symptoms
    • Chapter 25. Nonadherence to Medical Treatment
    • Chapter 26. School Absenteeism and School Refusal
    • Chapter 27. Self-injury
    • Chapter 28. Sleep Disturbances
    • Chapter 29. Speech and Language Concerns
    • Chapter 30. Substance Use 1: Use of Tobacco and Nicotine
    • Chapter 31. Substance Use 2: Use of Other Substances
    • Chapter 32. Substance Use 3: Specialty Referral and Comanagement
  • Appendixes
    • Appendix 1. Algorithm: A Process for Integrating Mental Health Care Into Pediatric Practice
    • Appendix 2. Mental Health Tools for Pediatrics
    • Appendix 3. Mental Health Practice Readiness Inventory
    • Appendix 4. Sources of Key Mental Health Services
    • Appendix 5. Mnemonic for Common Factors Communication Methods: HELP
    • Appendix 6. PracticeWise: Evidence-Based Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Interventions
    • Appendix 7. Common Elements of Evidence-Based Practice Amenable to Primary Care: Indications and Sources
  • Index

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