Clinical Guide to Psychiatric Assessment of Infants and Young Children
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Beschreibung
This book provides a clinical guide to the psychiatric assessment of infants and young children, birth through five years, and their families. It offers a comprehensive, data-rich framework for conducting mental health assessments of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The book includes a step-by-step guide for evaluation and assessment, reviewing relevant literature and best practices for working with very young children. It begins with an overview of the purpose and principles of psychiatric assessment and offers a protocol for planning and executing a thorough evaluation. Chapters examine critical aspects of the assessment process, including children’s relationships with parents/caregivers, assessment of parents, cultural considerations, and play behaviors. Chapters also provide illustrative case vignettes and information on specialized tools that can be adapted for use in a private office or training clinic.
Topics featured in this book include:
- Play-based assessment models for accessing the inner world of young children.
- The effect of caregivers and their reflective functioning on the mental health of young children.
- The use of adult-report rating scales in the clinical assessment of young children.
- Psychopharmacologic considerations in early childhood.
The Clinical Guide to Psychiatric Assessment of Infants and Young Children is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians, and related professionals, and graduate students in infancy and early childhood development, pediatrics, social work, psychiatry, and public health.
“The volume is both highly practical and up to date, impressively bridging the gap between science and practice. The book is an invaluable guide for students and trainees and an important reference for seasoned clinicians.”
David Oppenheim, Ph.D., University of Haifa
“The book integrates relational, developmental and social-emotional health dimensions within each chapter, reviewing subjective and objective measures in a range of domains. The book is clear and user-friendly. I wholeheartedly recommend it!”
Daniel S. Schechter, M.D., New York University School of Medicine
“This important new volume provides multiple perspectives on the entire range of assessment methods and procedures used in early childhood mental health. This is a vital read for students and practitioners.”
Charles H. Zeanah, M.D., Tulane University
This book provides a clinical guide to the psychiatric assessment of infants and young children, birth through five years, and their families. It offers a comprehensive, data-rich framework for conducting mental health assessments of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The book includes a step-by-step guide for evaluation and assessment, reviewing relevant literature and best practices for working with very young children. It begins with an overview of the purpose and principles of psychiatric assessment and offers a protocol for planning and executing a thorough evaluation. Chapters examine critical aspects of the assessment process, including children’s relationships with parents/caregivers, assessment of parents, cultural considerations, and play behaviors. Chapters also provide illustrative case vignettes and information on specialized tools that can be adapted for use in a private office or training clinic.
Topics featured in this book include:
- Play-based assessment models for accessing the inner world of young children.
- The effect of caregivers and their reflective functioning on the mental health of young children.
- The use of adult-report rating scales in the clinical assessment of young children.
- Psychopharmacologic considerations in early childhood.
The Clinical Guide to Psychiatric Assessment of Infants and Young Children is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians, and related professionals, and graduate students in infancy and early childhood development, pediatrics, social work, psychiatry, and public health.
“The volume is both highly practical and up to date, impressively bridging the gap betweenscience and practice. The book is an invaluable guide for students and trainees and an important reference for seasoned clinicians.”
David Oppenheim, Ph.D., University of Haifa
“The book integrates relational, developmental and social-emotional health dimensions within each chapter, reviewing subjective and objective measures in a range of domains. The book is clear and user-friendly. I wholeheartedly recommend it!”
Daniel S. Schechter, M.D., New York University School of Medicine
“This important new volume provides multiple perspectives on the entire range of assessment methods and procedures used in early childhood mental health. This is a vital read for students and practitioners.”
Charles H. Zeanah, M.D., Tulane University
Proposes a model for gathering developmental, medical, family, environmental, and cultural history Highlights strategies for observing, rating, and assessing parent-child relationships Reviews developmental issues in psychopharmacological treatment for common early childhood diagnoses Examines such assessment tools as ASQ:SE-2™, CBCL/1.5-5, and ECSA Explores the role of culture and its impact on assessment, clinical formulation, and treatment planning
Autor*in
Karen A. Frankel
Themen in »Clinical Guide to Psychiatric Assessment of Infants and Young Children«
Clinical assessment and formulation of treatment plans Clinical infant mental health Culture and psychiatric assessment of infants and young children Diagnosis of infant mental health problems Early Childhood Screening Assessment (ECSA) Evaluation of infant mental health problems Infant and early childhood mental health Interviewing techniques for infants and very young children Medication assessment of infants and very young children Observational assessment of infants and very young children Parent-child relational assessment Preschool mental health Psychiatric assessment of infants and very young children Psychiatric assessment of parent-child relationships Psychiatric assessment of preschoolers
Stimmen zu »Clinical Guide to Psychiatric Assessment of Infants and Young Children«
“This information-packed volume presents integrative and up to date assessment approaches in infant and early childhood mental health. The chapters cover the entire assessment process from the initial contact with the family, through history taking and a review of a wide variety of assessment tools and methods, leading to diagnosis and case formulation. Importantly, throughout the book the critical importance of forming safe and warm relationships with the child and her family are emphasized as essential for an accurate appreciation of the child's difficulties. The volume is both highly practical and up to date, impressively bridging the gap between science and practice. The book is an invaluable guide for students and trainees doing their first steps in the field, and an important reference for seasoned clinicians who will be able to consult it around assessment dilemmas and questions.” (David Oppenheim, PhD, Salt Lake City, USA)
“Professionals and trainees alike offer the biggest of thanks to Karen A. Frankel, Joyce Nolan Harrison, and Wanjiku F. M. Njoroge for this wonderful book that is a precious resource on the assessment of infants, young children, their relationships with their parents and families in all their complexity. The book integrates relational, developmental and social-emotional health dimensions within each chapter, reviewing subjective and objective measures in range of domains. The book is clear and user-friendly. I wholeheartedly recommend it!” (Daniel S. Schechter, M.D. Barakett Associate Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, and Director of the Geneva Early Childhood Stress Project, University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, Switzerland)
“This important new volume provides multiple perspectives on the entire range of assessment methods and procedures used in early childhood mental health. This is a vital read for students, practitioners, those concerned with program development, and for everyone who wants to appreciate the range and reach of our approaches to diagnosis, formulation and treatment planning.” (Charles H. Zeanah, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Vice Chair for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New Orleans, USA)
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