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Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 355

Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-06-27
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  • Publisher: OUP USA

Autism Spectrum Disorder of the Pittsburgh Pocket Psychiatry Series highlights current key topics for this developmental neurobiological disorder: early identification and diagnosis; medical, psychiatric, behavioral, social, educational and language evaluations and treatment approaches; genetics and neurobiology; and transition-age and adult services. This book incorporates practical clinical knowledge within a didactic framework to provide a comprehensive overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) across the lifespan.

Handbook of Behavior Therapy in the Psychiatric Setting
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 648

Handbook of Behavior Therapy in the Psychiatric Setting

Focusing on patients with severe impairments, including mixed and multiple diagnoses, this volume describes how behavior therapy fits into the clinical environment. Psychiatrists, medical clinicians, and residents will appreciate the in-depth coverage of a broad range of difficult issues.

Case Studies in Family Violence
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 535

Case Studies in Family Violence

The past 20 years have seen the emergence of family violence as one of the most critical problems facing society. The alarming incidence figures of abuse and neglect directed toward family members justify this atten tion. For example, over 1 million children are thought to be abused and neglected each year. Similarly, almost 2 million women are victims of wife battering each year. Annual rates of elderly mistreatment are thought to be as high as 32 per 1000 population. Accurate epidemiologi cal data only now are being compiled on more recently recognized forms of mistreatment, such as psychological abuse, ritualistic abuse of chil dren, and child witnessing of adult violence. The pervasivene...

Death and Dying in the Classroom
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 120

Death and Dying in the Classroom

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1984
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  • Publisher: Greenwood

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Handbook of Prescriptive Treatments for Children and Adolescents
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 456

Handbook of Prescriptive Treatments for Children and Adolescents

"Emanating from a strong scientific and empirical foundation, this updated Second Edition focuses on commonly occurring psychiatric and psychological disorders in children and adolescents. In this new edition, leading experts share research findings and clinical experiences and present in-depth discussions on how to address common impediments to successful intervention in the real world. Accordingly, the authors talk not just about "first line" interventions, but also about secondary and tertiary treatments should initial efforts be unsuccessful."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Mental Retardation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 564

Mental Retardation

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Acute Management of Autism Spectrum Disorders, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 185

Acute Management of Autism Spectrum Disorders, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

The “spectrum in this disorder is Autistic Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder. This issue specifically addresses acute management of the extreme behaviors that accompany this disorder spectrum: extreme behaviors, complete lack of communication, inability to learn or express language, etc, and covers in-hospital or residential therapies as well as in-home family involvement. Medical treatment for this disorder is the main focus of discussion in topics such as: Emotional Regulation: Concepts and Practice in ASD; Specialized Inpatient Treatment of ASD; Residential Treatment of Severe Behavioral Disturbance in ASD; Treatment of ASD in General Child Psychiatry Units; Behavioral Approaches to Acute Problems; Communication Strategies for Behavioral Challenges in ASD, along with topics covering Psychiatric Assessment of Acute Presentations in ASD; Sensory Regulation and its Relationship to Acute Problems in ASD; Family Dysfunction, Assessment and Treatment in the context of Severe Behavioral Disturbance in ASD; and Self Injurious Behavior in ASD.

Handbook of Child Maltreatment
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 767

Handbook of Child Maltreatment

The second edition of this successful handbook, edited by well-known experts in this field, includes core questions in the field of child abuse and neglect. It addresses major challenges in child maltreatment work, starting with “What is child abuse and neglect?” and then examines why maltreatment occurs and what are its consequences. The handbook also addresses prevention, intervention, investigation, treatment as well as civil and criminal legal perspectives. It comprehensively studies the issue from the perspective of a broader, international and cross-cultural human experience. Apart from a thorough revision of existing chapters, this edition includes many new chapters covering recent developments in this area and other issues not covered in the first edition. There is more focus on substance abuse, psychological abuse, and on social and community involvement and public health provisions in the prevention of child maltreatment. The handbook examines what is known now and more importantly what remains to be researched in the coming decades to help abused and neglected children, their families and their communities, thereby taking the field forward.

Oxford American Handbook of Psychiatry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1276

Oxford American Handbook of Psychiatry

"Covering all major psychiatric conditions and subspecialties, the Oxford American Handbook of Psychiatry provides access to practical advice for residents and students, as well as quick reference for the praticing psychiatrist and health professionals who come into contact with psychiatric patients. It offers evidence-based guidance on management and treatment plus coverage of psychiatric assessment, psychopathology, mental health legislation in the US and therapeutic issues."--BOOK JACKET.

Microcomputers in special education
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 712

Microcomputers in special education

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1984
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Intended for special educators, the book is designed to provide information for assessing classroom needs, making decisions about purchasing software and hardware, and using the microcomputer effectively. Each chapter begins with statements to think about and a list of sources. At the end of each chapter are questions and exercises designed to aid the reader in understanding chapter information. Six chapters cover the following topics (sample subtopics are in parentheses): introduction to the microcomputer (microcomputer languages); software considerations and evaluation (external and internal evaluation of software); hardware considerations and inservice education (peripherals); media selection and microcomputer uses (administrative uses); microcomputer uses in special education; and elementary programing for the microcomputer (program development support). (SW)