1st Edition

Case Studies in Child and Adolescent Metal Health

By M.S. Thambirajah Copyright 2007
324 Pages
by CRC Press

336 Pages
by CRC Press

The case studies in this book provide a unique source of material suitable for all practitioners and trainers. The book gives detailed descriptions of common cases seen in specialist child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) including depression, learning disabilities, Asperger’s syndrome, anorexia, deliberate self harm and schizophrenia. Subject reviews and summaries in each chapter aid... Read more
Oppositional defiant behavior. Adolescent depression. School refusal. Intellectual (learning) disability. Parental divorce and separation. Looked after child. Asperger’s syndrome. Anorexia nervosa. Hyperkinetic disorder. Obsessive compulsive disorder. Somatization. Conduct disorder. Post traumatic stress disorder. Deliberate self-harm I: overdose. Deliberate self-harm II: self-injury. Schizophrenia.

Biography

M.S. Thambirajah