Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the Specialty Board Review

Hong Shen, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Davis. As a community-based academic child and adolescent psychiatrist, Dr. Shen provides mental health services in a variety of settings. He gained extensive clinical trial research experience at the UC Davis MIND Institute. He also has special interests in cross-cultural psychiatry. He is actively involved in child and adolescent resident training, general psychiatry resident training, and medical student education amongst his other academic commitments. Robert L. Hendren, DO, is Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. His primary areas of research and publication interests are translational clinical pharmacology and nutritional trials using biomarkers for neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, ADHD, schizophrenia spectrum disorder, and impulse control disorders. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications on topics in his field, including five books, many book chapters, and solicited papers. He is Past President of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and has an active leadership role in various local, state, and national organizations and committees.

Introduction. References. Part I: Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Normal Growth and Development 2. Neurodevelopmental Disorders 3. Schizophrenia Spectrum and other Psychotic Disorders 4. Bipolar and Related Disorders and Depressive Disorders 5. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders 6. Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, Trauma-and Stressor-Related Disorders, and Dissociative Disorders 7. Feeding and Eating Disorders, and Elimination Disorders, and Obesity 8. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Sleep-Wake Disorders 9. Substance-Related and Additive Disorders 10. Special Issues (Suicide, Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, AIDS, Paraphilic Disorders, Abuse, and Personality Disorders) 11. Psychological Testing and Rating Scales 12. Psychopharmacology and Medication-induced Movement Disorders and Other Adverse Effects of Medication 13. Psychotherapies 14. Treatment Settings, Health-Care System, and Outcome 15. Special Topics (Consultation, Forensics, and Public Health) 16. Research Design, Statistics, and Technologies Part II: Clinical Cases 17. Case Histories, Clinical Assessment, Differential Diagnosis, Formulation, and Treatment Planning