Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook (4th Edition)

A trusted resource in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry for fifteen years, the fourth edition of “Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook” has been thoroughly updated and reorganized to provide a more clinically relevant and compact guide for mental health professionals.

Edited by renowned experts Andres Martin and Fred R. Volkmar, both colleagues of Dr. Melvin Lewis at the esteemed Yale Child Study Center, this edition emphasizes the crucial relationship between basic science and clinical research, integrating scientific principles with the realities of drug interactions.

This edition boasts a new structure that incorporates essential topics such as:

• Economics and its impact on mental health services
• Diversity and cultural sensitivity in clinical practice
• Evidence-based practice and its significance in modern psychiatry
• New chapters on genetics, research methodology, and statistics
• The continuum of care and location-specific interventions

A companion website offers instant access to the complete, fully searchable text, providing an invaluable resource for professionals seeking to stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the field.

This comprehensive textbook is an indispensable resource for mental health professionals, researchers, and students seeking a deeper understanding of child and adolescent psychiatry. With its emphasis on evidence-based practice and extensive coverage of new scientific developments in genetics and neuroscience, this fourth edition is poised to remain the standard work in the field for years to come.

Key Features:

• Edited by Andres Martin and Fred R. Volkmar, experts in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry
• Completely updated with two-thirds new contributing authors
• New structure emphasizes evidence-based practice, economics, diversity, and more
• Extensive coverage of new scientific developments in genetics and neuroscience
• Companion website provides instant access to the complete, fully searchable text

Book Details:

• ISBN-13: 9780781762144
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Publication Date: May 1, 2007
• Edition: 4
• Pages: 1088