Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health

Edilma L. Yearwood, PhD, PMHCNS, BC, FAAN is Associate Professor at the School of Nursing & Health Studies at Georgetown University. She is currently on the editorial board and is the Column Editor on cultural issues for the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing. Dr. Yearwood is ANCC certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Child/Adolescent Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing and is a member of the International Society of Psychiatric Nurses. Geraldine S. Pearson, PhD, PMHCNS, BC, FAAN is Past President of the International Society of Psychiatric Nurses and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Director of the Home Care Program, a community intervention for juvenile justice youth. Dr. Pearson is ANCC certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Child/Adolescent Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing. Jamesetta A. Newland, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, DPNAP is Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at New York University College of Nursing. She is the Editor-in-Chief of The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Healthcare. Dr. Newland maintains a practice as a certified Family Nurse Practitioner.

About the Editors Contributors Foreword By Janet A. Deatrick Foreword By Judith Haber Preface By Edilma Yearwood, Geraldine Pearson, and Jamesetta Newland Peer Reviewers SECTION 1 Assessment 1 Child, Adolescent, and Family Development Stephanie Wright, Cecily L. Betz, and Edilma L. Yearwood 2 Temperament and Self-Regulation Pamela Galehouse and Marie Foley 3 Neurobiology and Neurophysiology of Behavioral/Psychiatric Disorders Lawrence D. Scahill and Susan Boorin 4 Integration of Physical and Psychiatric Assessment Barbara Schoen Johnson and Jamesetta A. Newland 5 Child and Adolescent Sexual Development and Sexual Identity Issues Tammi Damas, Laura C. Hein, Lois C. Powell, and Edith (Emma) Dundon SECTION 2 Treatment 6 Issues in Prescribing Psychiatric Medication to Children and Adolescents Geraldine S. Pearson, Beth Muller, and Amanda Reilly 7 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Geraldine S. Pearson and Angela A. Crowley 8 Anxiety Disorders Geraldine S. Pearson and Kathleen Kenney-Riley 9 Mood Dysregulation Disorders Edilma L. Yearwood and Mikki Meadows-Oliver 10 Deliberate Self-Harm: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicide in Children and Adolescents Edilma L. Yearwood and Eve Bosnick 11 Perceptual Alterations Disorders Karen G. Schepp and Eunjung Kim 12 Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents Janiece DeSocio and Joan B. Riley 13 Autism Spectrum Disorder Judith Coucouvanis, Donna Hallas, and Jean Nelson Farley 14 Learning and Intellectual Disabilities Linda M. Finke and Patricia Ryan-Krause 15 Nonpharmacological Treatment Modalities: Play and Group Therapies Judith Hirsh and Edilma L. Yearwood 16 Individual and Family Therapies Kathleen Scharer 17 Cognitive and Behavioral Approaches in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Treatment Kathleen R. Delaney and Elizabeth Hawkins-Walsh SECTION 3 Special Populations 18 Disorders Specific to Infants and Young Children Sandra J. Weiss and Cathy Quides 19 Juvenile Justice Populations Deborah Shelton and Elizabeth Bonham 20 Substance Use Maureen Reed Killeen, Caroline R. McKinnon, and Judith Hirsh 21 Child and Adolescent Victims of Trauma Angela Amar, Natalie McClain, and Carol Anne Marchetti 22 Children in Out-of-Home Placement Diane M. Caruso, Charlotte A. Herrick, Robin Bartlett, and Carolyn Schmidt 23 Chronic and Palliative Care Pediatric Populations Penelope R. Buschman-Gemma, Jean Nelson Farley, and Cynda H. Rushton SECTION 4 Special Issues 24 Collaborative Treatment with Primary Care Jamesetta A. Newland and Kathryn K. Ellis 25 Legal and Ethical Issues Margaret Hardy and Sarah B. Vittone 26 Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Donna Hallas and Elizabeth Bonham 27 Influence of Culture/Needs of Immigrant Children Edilma L. Yearwood and Ellen Carroll 28 Conducting Research with At-Risk and High-Risk Children and Adolescents M. Katherine Hutchinson and Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell 29 Advanced Practice Nurses Interfacing with the School System Ellen Carroll, Allison W. Kilcoyne, and Pamela Galehouse 30 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Policy Sally Raphel and Kathy Ann Sheehy Index