Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Autistic Spectrum Disorders 47 (echolalia); pronominal reversal (for example, ‘you’ for ‘I’); idiosyncratic use of words or phra ...

48 Chapter 4 speech is often stilted and pedantic, with abnormal intonation; gesturing may be restricted or exaggerated; and mon ...

Autistic Spectrum Disorders 49 however, concentration is poor for all activities. Perhaps surprisingly, since individuals with a ...

50 Chapter 4 social withdrawal and behavioural disturbance, but is not usually hard to distinguish from an ASD. Intellectual dis ...

Autistic Spectrum Disorders 51 regression (often accompanied by marked anxiety and loss of bladder and bowel control), leading t ...

52 Chapter 4 For the great majority of children with classical autism who do not have a known medical disorder, genetic factors ...

Autistic Spectrum Disorders 53 Box 4.1The Sally-Anne story: a test of first-order ‘Theory of Mind’ The following story is enacte ...

54 Chapter 4 autism but may sometimes improve associated symptoms when used for specific indications and as part of an integrate ...

Autistic Spectrum Disorders 55 Subject review National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. (2011)Autism: Recog- nition ...

CHAPTER 5 Disorders of Attention and Activity Whereas DSM and ICD criteria are identical or almost identical for most disorders, ...

Disorders of Attention and Activity 57 else. What particularly distinguishes an individual with ADHD is his or her inability to ...

58 Chapter 5 Assessment of symptoms 1 Attention is primarily assessed from how long the child or adolescent persists when engage ...

Disorders of Attention and Activity 59 Differential diagnosis 1 Normality. Parents may complain of minor degrees of restlessness ...

60 Chapter 5 7 Intellectual disability. If an individual’s attention and activity control are in line with his or her mental age ...

Disorders of Attention and Activity 61 overt brain damage, and terms such as ‘minimal brain damage’ are un- helpful. If neurobio ...

62 Chapter 5 reduce family stress and children’s negative behaviours. In the process, they may improve the children’s long-term ...

Disorders of Attention and Activity 63 imipramine. Medication should always be part of an integrated treatment package. A good r ...

64 Chapter 5 Lambek Ret al. (2010) Validating neuropsychological subtypes of ADHD: how do childrenwithandwithoutan executive fun ...

CHAPTER 6 Disruptive Behaviour According to most epidemiological studies, the commonest sort of child and adolescent psychiatric ...

66 Chapter 6 Psychiatric labelling and social control Should children and adolescents be given a psychiatric label simply be- ca ...