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Designed for interviewers at all levels of experience and in a variety of specialties, The DSM-5® Pocket Guide for Child and Adolescent Mental Health helps clinicians use DSM-5 in diagnostic interviews and initial treatment planning for children and adolescents. Assessment in this population requires special skills and considerations because the patient must be evaluated in the context of the family and community. This thoughtful yet practical guide does not replace DSM-5 but acts as a companion and reference, translating the DSM-5 framework and explaining how to employ the criteria as part of a diagnostic interview. The book builds on the best-selling The Pocket Guide to the DSM-5® Diagnostic Exam by providing diagnostic interviews of different lengths and tailoring all questions specifically for children and adolescents while introducing multiple tools for treatment planning and advice for initial psychosocial, psychoeducational, psychotherapeutic, and psychopharmacological treatments.
Easy to use and pragmatic in orientation, The DSM-5® Pocket Guide for Child and Adolescent Mental Health helps clinicians to accurately diagnose a child or adolescent in mental distress while establishing a therapeutic alliance, which is the goal of any psychiatric encounter.
Section I: Diagnosing and Treating Children and AdolescentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Addressing Behavioral and Mental Problems in Community SettingsChapter 3. Common Clinical ConcernsChapter 4. The 15-Minute Pediatric Diagnostic InterviewChapter 5. The 30-Minute Pediatric Diagnostic Interview
Section II: Using DSM-5 with Children and AdolescentsChapter 6. DSM-5 Pediatric Diagnostic InterviewChapter 7. A Brief Version of DSM-5
Section III: Additional Tools and Clinical GuidanceChapter 8. A Stepwise Approach to Differential DiagnosisChapter 9. The Mental Status Examination: A Psychiatric GlossaryChapter 10. Selected DSM-5 Assessment MeasuresChapter 11. Rating Scales and Alternative Diagnostic SystemsChapter 12. Developmental MilestonesChapter 13. Mental Health Treatment PlanningChapter 14. Psychosocial InterventionsChapter 15. Psychotherapeutic InterventionsChapter 16. Psychopharmacological InterventionsChapter 17. Ideas for Practice, Education, and Research