Selected Topics in Emergency Medicine
Selected Topics in Emergency Medicine Paula J. Schweich Often, visits to the emergency department (ED) are stressful for children and parents. The staff members are strangers to the children, the…
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Referral
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Referral James C. Harris Pediatricians should include a child and adolescent psychiatrist on their list of consultants. In considering referral, the pediatrician should remember that a…
School Difficulties
School Difficulties Laurie E. Cutting Stewart H. Mostofsky Martha Bridge Denckla Difficulties in school are common among children and adolescents. A primary pediatrician will be asked to address problems with…
Encopresis
Encopresis Alison Schonwald Leonard A. Rappaport Encopresis is defined as repeated passage of stool into inappropriate places in a child over 4 years of age chronologically and developmentally. The behavior…
Psychotic Disorders
Psychotic Disorders James C. Harris Psychotic disorders are major mental illnesses that involve abnormalities in thinking, belief systems, and perception. These are demonstrated clinically through incoherence in thinking, delusions, and…
Sleep Disorders
Sleep Disorders James C. Harris Whereas disturbance in sleep is commonly reported in adults, children generally do not complain about sleep difficulties, although their parents might; more often, children’s sleep…
Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Richard E. Kreipe INTRODUCTION In 2003, the American Academy of Pediatrics described the role of pediatricians in the identification and management of eating disorders (Box 108.1). Early detection,…
Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Autistic Disorder
Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Autistic Disorder James C. Harris In 1980, the term pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) was introduced into the child psychiatric classification to describe children whose developmental difficulties…
