Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Intervention: First Principles 307 treatment methods rather than vague, diffuse or mixed approaches; and the use of structured t ...

308 Chapter 36 each session. Each has its benefits: (1) helps make sure you are not missing anything major, (2) makes you honest ...

Intervention: First Principles 309 through Adolescence. Guilford Press, New York. pp. 196–206. (This careful, classic study puts ...

CHAPTER 37 Prevention The adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ encapsulates an attractive idea. The pain and suffering of esta ...

Prevention 311 than preventing one or more disorders. We may also aim to prevent symptoms or problems that would never quite hav ...

312 Chapter 37 Box 37.1 shows some of the terms used when using screening tests. Box 37.1Screening test terminology True diagnos ...

Prevention 313 condition requires expensive services. Thus, prevention of depression would lead to greater reduction of sufferin ...

314 Chapter 37 of 7,000 18-year-olds. A risky lifestyle was defined on a scale of 0–8 risks, involving being in the worst 10–20% ...

Prevention 315 correspond closely with the ways in which mental disorders typically lead to impairment. For example, this may be ...

316 Chapter 37 following input:(1) a weekly group on child management for their parents, including live coaching in the presence ...

Prevention 317 implementation of parenting programmes in high risk groups is lacking, since agencies who might lead in offering ...

318 Chapter 37 Stattin, H. and Magnusson, D. (1996) Antisocial development: a holistic approach.Development and Psychopathology, ...

CHAPTER 38 Medication and Diet Medication: general principles Parents often feel uneasy about using medication to alter their ch ...

320 Chapter 38 before it even reaches the systemic circulation. Distribution is affected by the relatively high proportion of ex ...

Medication and Diet 321 Pharmacodynamics Once a drug has reached the brain, its effect depends on its interactions with drug rec ...

322 Chapter 38 instead. Other clinicians still choose stimulants as their first-line treatment for ADHD in those with tics, usin ...

Medication and Diet 323 that there are no pre-existing arrhythmias or cardiac conduction problems. Further ECGs should be obtain ...

324 Chapter 38 drugs, such as benzhexol, prophylactically to prevent extrapyramidal reac- tions. The antimuscarinic can be withd ...

Medication and Diet 325 lamotrigine. Beyond this possible indication, there is no good evidence that antiepileptic medications i ...

326 Chapter 38 problems. In some instances, it is possible to carry out double-blind chal- lenges to establish whether a particu ...