Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
Introduction: Our Conceptualization of the Cases
Acknowledgments
Part I: Classic Cases Introduction to Classic Cases
Introduction to Classic Cases
Chapter 1. Trouble Paying Attention: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Chapter 2. Trouble With Transitions: Does My Child Have Autism?
Chapter 3. Living in Her Parents' Shadow: Separation Anxiety Disorder
Chapter 4. Chatterbox at Home: Selective Mutism
Chapter 5. Everything Bothers Her: Major Depressive Disorder
Chapter 6. Excessively Silly: Bipolar Disorder
Chapter 7. Life of the Party: Chronic Marijuana Use
Chapter 8. Jerking Movements: An Adolescent With Psychosis
Chapter 9. She Just Won't Eat a Thing: Anorexia Nervosa
Chapter 10. I Just Can't Stop: Tourette's Disorder
Chapter 11. He's Always Exhausted: Disordered Sleep in an Adolescent
Chapter 12. The World Is a Very Dirty Place: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Part II: Comorbid Complexity
Introduction to Comorbid Complexity
Chapter 13. Stealing the Car: Disruptive Behavior in an Adolescent
Chapter 14. Zero Tolerance: Threats to Harm a Teacher in Elementary School
Chapter 15. Anxious Adolescent in the Emergency Room: Misuse of Prescription Medications
Chapter 16. The Worried Child: A Child With Multiple Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 17. Affective Storms: A Careful Assessment of Rage Attacks
Chapter 18. Struggling in School: Language and Reading Difficulties
Chapter 19. Abdominal Pain in a Child With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Part III: Toughest Cases: Diagnostic and Treatment Dilemmas
Introduction to Toughest Cases
Chapter 20. Frequent Tantrums: Oppositional Behavior in a Young Child
Chapter 21. Toddler With Temper Tantrums: A Careful Assessment of a Dysregulated Preschool Child
Chapter 22. Won't Leave His Room: Clinical High Risk for Developing Psychosis
Chapter 23. Cutting Helps Me Feel Better: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
Chapter 24. From Foster Care to the State Hospital: Psychotic Symptoms in a Child Who Is the Victim of Neglect
Part IV: Kids in Crisis: Psychopathology in the Context of Social Stressors
Introduction to Kids in Crisis
Chapter 25. Suicidal Ideation After Supervised Visits With Biological Mom: Depressed Mood in a Child in Foster Care
Chapter 26. The Legacy of War: Irritability and Anger in an Adolescent Refugee
Chapter 27. Moody Child: Depression in the Context of Parental Divorce
Chapter 28. Without My Mom, I'm Not Me: Childhood Bereavement
Chapter 29. Never Met a Stranger: Disinhibited Attachment in a Toddler
Part V: Diagnostic and Treatment Decision Making
Chapter 30. Diagnostic Decision Making
Chapter 31. Research and Clinical Perspectives on Diagnostic and Treatment Decision Making: Whence the Future?
Subject Index
Index of Cases by Diagnosis

About the Author

Cathryn A. Galanter, M.D., is Visiting Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program at SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York. Peter S. Jensen, M.D., is Professor and Director of Research for the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas; and President/CEO of The REACH Institute in New York, New York.

Reviews

DSM-5 Casebook and Treatment Guide for Child Mental Health is a great resource for cliniciansand students of child and adolescent mental health. With 29 cases of varying difficulty, even themost experienced practitioner will find this book valuable. The case-based format is well-doneand the consistent organization of each chapter allows for easy navigation and quick reference.The comprehensive discussion of psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological principlesprovides a unique opportunity to learn how leaders in the field approach realistic clinicalscenarios. -- Erik Loraas, M.D., Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, PGY-4 Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC November/December AACAP News