دانلود کتاب ارزیابی بالینی و مدیریت اختلالات روانپزشکی دوران کودکی

The field of child and adolescent psychiatry has advanced in leaps and bounds since its formal recognition as a subspecialty. Advances in epidemiology and diagnostic classification have enabled a better understanding of the prevalence and onset of psychiatric disorders. Advances in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy have yielded evidencebased treatments that ameliorate symptoms and improve functioning. Advances in genetics and neuroscience continue to illuminate pathways towards prevention and early intervention. However, the impact of all of these advances is severely limited if frontline practi tioners do not have the knowledge or skills to work comfortably with children and adolescents, and/or if there simply are not enough knowledgeable practitioners to meet the needs of the population. This principle is especially true on a global level, where there are significant disparities in the availability of human and material resources available to support youth mental health, as well as in the degree to which children and adolescents are exposed to lifechanging stressors and traumas. Professor Savita Malhotra is an internationally distinguished leader in child and adolescent psychiatry who has devoted her career towards improving child and adolescent mental healthcare in India and everywhere else in the world where there are challenges in ensuring equitable access to care amid formidable resource challenges. Her efforts have focused on ensuring that all psychiatrists, including psychiatrists that primarily serve adults, have the knowledge and skills to contribute to the mental health workforce serving children and their families. Indeed, this may be the single most important approach in providing the nearly 2.5 billion children in the world the best chance for access to mental healthcare and wellness. This wellwritten, authoritative, and comprehensive textbook provides general psychiatrists, as well as primary care and other health professionals, the additional knowledge and expertise needed to care for children and adolescents with mental health concerns. It includes concise summaries of the evidencebased literature, readable and relatable guidelines, and locally adapted tools that can practically be implemented in the clinical settings where children and adolescents are most likely to present. In appreciating the truly remarkable focus of this book and the populations that stand to benefit, I join others in the world mental health community in welcoming what may be one of the most seminal contributions, in this era, to children’s well-being.