Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Stress Disorders 127 the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, leading to an outpouring of cortisol into the bloodstream. I ...

128 Chapter 13 exposure therapy, it was developed for use in low-resource countries affected by crises and conflict. Intensively ...

Stress Disorders 129 or threatened death or severe injury. The reaction has to include intense fear, helplessness or horror. In ...

130 Chapter 13 As a group, bereaved children have higher rates of psychopathology than control children for the year following t ...

CHAPTER 14 Obsessive-compulsive Disorder Psychiatrists have long been aware that children and adolescents some- times develop tr ...

132 Chapter 14 adolescents. It is common for those affected to go to great lengths to hide their symptoms from parents, peers an ...

Obsessive-compulsive Disorder 133 However, it is important to remember that children and adolescents with autistic spectrum diso ...

134 Chapter 14 may have many possible causes. One possible cause that has generated particular interest is a streptococcal infec ...

Obsessive-compulsive Disorder 135 substantial number of affected individuals continue to have OCD or at least some troublesome s ...

CHAPTER 15 Tourette Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders Tics are sudden, repetitive, stereotyped movements (motor tics) or ut- tera ...

Tourette Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders 137 Epidemiology Most estimates of the prevalence of Tourette syndrome are in the regi ...

138 Chapter 15 2 The stereotypies that are commonly seen in severe intellectual disability and autistic spectrum disorders may l ...

Tourette Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders 139 ‘antipsychotics’ – an unfortunate name that could potentially give families the mi ...

140 Chapter 15 Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 48 , 884–893. Piacentini Jet al. (2010) Behavi ...

CHAPTER 16 Selective Mutism Selective mutism affects children and generally resolves well before ado- lescence. Children with se ...

142 Chapter 16 most children meeting diagnostic criteria for social phobia (DSM-IV) or social anxiety disorder of childhood (ICD ...

Selective Mutism 143 Differential diagnosis 1 Normality. Young children vary markedly in how forthcoming they are in unfamiliar ...

144 Chapter 16 the most appropriate ‘front line’ behaviour therapists, advised by clinicians or educational psychologists. Speec ...

CHAPTER 17 Attachment Disorders Children’s pattern of attachment to their parents and other caregivers is of great developmental ...

146 Chapter 17 frequent changes in foster placement, or rearing in a group home with a high turnover of staff. 2 Inhibited. This ...