A Handbook for the Assessment of Children's Behaviours (eBook)

Dr Jonathan Williams is a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and Visiting Research Associate at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London. He is also an Honorary Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. Professor Peter D. Hill is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. He is also Honorary Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, and Visiting Professor at St George's Hospital Medical School, London. He is Consultant Medical Advisor at Huntercombe Manor Hospitals and Visiting Consultant at the Moor House School for Children with Specific Speech and Language Disorders and Visiting Consultant for the Brain Injury Unit at The Children's Trust, Tadworth Court.

Introduction 9

Single Symptoms 11

Multiple symptoms occurring together 21

Cognition 27

General temporal patterns 61

Motor (General) 85

Motor (Specific Behaviours) 101

Sensory 121

Communication 143

Social 167

Home 189

School 215

Play 221

Preferences (General) 227

Preferences (Specific) 243

Breaking rules 249

Anger 285

Anxiety 295

Negativeness 309

Languor 321

Digestive / excretory 327

Bizarre experiences and ideas 343

Contradictions 353

Appendix A: Functional analysis 365

Appendix B: Further investigations / assessments 371

Appendix C: Syndromes and partial syndromes 383

Appendix D: DSM-IV behavioural syndromes 385

Appendix E: Catalogue of causes 393

Appendix F: Forms for assessment or monitoring 399

Appendix G: Mini-physical examination 409

Appendix H: Confidentiality 413

Glossary and index 417

References 577

"The addition of the Wiley Desktop edition is an excellent
way of making the handbook more portable and accessible. The
functionality works on a variety of computers, tablets and phones
and this makes this handbook all the more appealing to the modern
clinician." (Child & Adolescent Mental
Health, 1 August 2013)

"This is a very good resource for professionals working in
child and adolescent psychiatry. It provides a very thorough and
well-organized guide for the assessment of patients with a wide
range of complaints . . . The

book offers a unique method to reach an accurate diagnosis,
amenable to interventions from a biopsychosocial
perspective." (Doody's, 1 February
2013)

"Overall, this is a fantastic resource for anyone that assesses
behaviour in children and adolescents. It is comprehensive and
covers an amazing variety of topics in an easy to understand,
concise way. This is a handbook that covers the depth and breadth
of information that is normally reserved for textbooks and
encyclopaedias. A clearly well researched and thought through book
that would be valuable on the bookshelf or computer of any health
professionals that work with children (the review copy has already
been borrowed by colleagues and purchased as a leaving present). In
particular the handbook would be relevant for child and adolescent
psychiatrists, clinical and educational psychologists,
paediatricians and CAMHS professionals both working long-term
within the field or whilst still in training. The addition of the
Wiley Desktop edition is an excellent way of making the handbook
more portable and accessible in any setting. The functionality
works on a variety of computers, tablets and phones and this makes
this handbook all the more appealing to the modern
clinician."(Dr Mark Lovell, Consultant Child and Adolescent
Learning Disability Psychiatrist, South Tees LDCAMHS, Tees,
Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust)

"A comprehensive and wide ranging book, exploring
children's behaviours from the routine to the quirky, set
within a sound developmental framework. The layout with excellent
cross-referencing and explanations is accessible and will be of
interest to many clinicians working with children, young people and
their families." (Caryn Onions, Psychotherapist, Oxford,
UK)

"This is an incredibly useful book. It has a comprehensive list
of presentations that frequently leave clinicians wondering what is
going on. Beneath each entry lies a treasure trove of
sophisticated, up to date evidence about conditions, blended with
astute clinical wisdom." (Professor Stephen Scott, Professor of
Child Health and Behaviour, Institute of Psychiatry,
London)