Principles of Pediatric Neuropsychiatry through Complex Clinical Cases provides basic diagnosis and treatment tactics, along with the tools that clinicians need to perform both a psychiatric and neurological "consultation,� including differential diagnoses and questions to ask. Readers are then offered the neuropsychiatric details of the particular illness that has afflicted sample patients, along with treatment guidelines offered to said patient and their parents. Cases presented include the following topics: Absence Seizures, ESES, Myotonic Dystrophy, Adrenal Leukodystrophy, ADHD with Comorbidities, Wilson's Disease, ASD, Schizophrenia, Astrocytoma with Hypoactive Delirium, Systemic Lupus Erythematous, Traumatic Brain Injury, OCD, Tourette's, Klein Levin Syndrome, and more.
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Table of Contents
1. IntroductionPart I. My child cannot pay attention
2. “Jared cannot pay attention and has been misbehaving”
3. “Johnny spaces out all the time”
4. "Danny is having difficulty concentrating and is not motivated to do any of his school work”
Part II. My Child is Acting Strangely
5. “Ruth is yelling at people who are not there”
6. “Jacob thinks we are trying to kill him”
7. “Sam is saying strange things”
8. “Brian is hearing voices”
Part III. My child won’t get out of bed
9. “Melissa won’t leave her room”
10. “Lynette won’t move or speak to us”
Part IV. My child cannot control his temper
11. “Danielle has been having so many tantrums”
12. “Sara has been having aggressive outbursts”
13. “We all have to walk on eggshells around Tony”
