Child psychiatry / Robert Goodman and Stephen Scott ; [foreword by Sir Michael Rutter.]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Assessment -- Classification -- Epidemiology -- Autistic spectrum disorders -- Hyperactivity -- Conduct disorder -- Juvenile delinquency -- School refusal -- Anxiety disorders -- Depression and mania -- Suicide and deliberate self-harm -- Stress disorders -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders -- Selective mutism -- Attachment disorders -- Enuresis -- Faecal soiling -- Sleep disorders -- Psychosomatic -- Preschool problems -- Disorders in adolescence -- Maltreatment of children -- Generalised learning disability -- Brain disorders -- Language disorders -- Reading difficulties -- Insecure attachment -- Nature and nurture -- Coping with adversity -- School and peer factors -- Intervention: first principles -- Prevention -- Medication and diet -- Behaviourally-based treatments -- Cognitive and interpersonal therapies -- Systemic and family therapies -- Fostering and adoption -- Organisation of services -- Multiple choice questions.