Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Disruptive Behavior Disorders James C. Harris Disruptive behavior disorder is the most recent designation for socially disruptive behavior that is generally more disturbing to others than to the person initiating…
Mental Disorders and Psychological Stress
Mental Disorders and Psychological Stress James C. Harris Symptoms are signals that something is wrong with the child, and these might indicate a biologic syndrome or disease. On the other…
Psychosocial Interview
Psychosocial Interview James C. Harris The goal of the psychosocial interview is to establish a confiding relationship with the child and family. This relationship allows them to develop confidence in…
Biopsychosocial and Developmental Approaches in Pediatrics
Biopsychosocial and Developmental Approaches in Pediatrics James C. Harris When parents bring a child to the pediatrician, it is because they are concerned. Their distress and disquietude must be appreciated,…
Mental Retardation
Mental Retardation Pasquale J. Accardo Jennifer A. Accardo Arnold J. Capute In the English-speaking world, the terms intellectual disability or cognitive impairment are replacing the term older mental retardation (see…
Streams of Development: The Key to Developmental Assessment
Streams of Development: The Key to Developmental Assessment Frederick B. Palmer Arnold J. Capute* *Deceased. The neurodevelopmental disabilities are diverse but related clinical syndromes of chronic neurologic dysfunction. They can…
Normal Infant and Childhood Development
Normal Infant and Childhood Development Sharon B. Richter Barbara J. Howard Raymond Sturner A major joy of pediatrics is observing and interpreting the child’s changing developmental abilities for the parents….
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Donald P. Orr Margaret J. Blythe Over the past decade, adolescents in the United States have become increasingly responsible with respect to sexual risk behaviors. The average…
Adolescent Substance Abuse and Other High-Risk Behaviors
Adolescent Substance Abuse and Other High-Risk Behaviors Richard B. Heyman Within the inner city and suburbia, among the poor and the affluent, in the white and nonwhite populations, among the…
Adolescent Hypertension
Adolescent Hypertension Stephen R. Daniels Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adults. It has been clearly shown in the Framingham Study and other epidemiologic studies that…
