Childhood Stress [Hardcover]

L. Eugene Arnold (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 5, 1990 | ISBN-10: 0471508683 | ISBN-13: 978-0471508687 | Edition: 1

Disorders of Learning in Childhood Archie A. Silver and Rosa A. Hagin The fruit of a working relationship extending more than thirty-five years between a child psychiatrist who also had training in neurology and psycho-analysis and a psychologist specializing in education, Disorders of Learning in Childhood offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary understanding of the subject. Up-to-date research is reported throughout and case examples support the clinical sections. It also has a section on clinical patterns and intervention recommendations for the various kinds of learning disorders and a final chapter dealing with future directions for service and research. 1990 (0 471-50828-4) 560 pp. The Preschool Child Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Paul V. Trad "It is an impressive volume, complete with a reference list citing over 600 sources. For anyone dealing with at-risk children in this age group, it should prove to be an important aid for further study. Recommended for professionals." --Early Intervention Offering a dynamic new approach to the diagnoses and treatment of psycho-pathology in preschool children, this book also offers a rigorous framework with which to comprehend the etiology of common disorders. It deals with developmental disorders, examines risk factors in the preschool child, and shows how to plan a pathology-specific treatment strategy. 1989 (0 471-61757-1) 658 pp. Handbook of Child Psychiatric Diagnosis Edited by Cynthia G. Last and Michel Hersen This handbook serves as a resource for making diagnoses in childhood psychopathology in accordance with the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Entire chapters are devoted to each of the DSM categories. Here, each disorder is discussed in relation to its definition, its clinical picture, course and prognosis, epidemiology, differential diagnosis, and clinical management. Attention deficit disorder, major depression, conduct disorder, anxiety disorders, and substance use disorders are among the 18 disorders covered. 1989 (0 471-84887-5) 574 pp.

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From the Publisher

The first section examines the two aspects of stress, psychosocial and biological, and their interactions, covering the effect of stress on the developing brain, the neuroendocrine substrate of stress reactions psychosomatic reactions and psychological symptom formation. The second section examines specific stressors encountered at each developmental stage, age-typical methods of responding to stress and special stress pitfalls. The third considers specific stressors such as divorce, parental death or illness, abuse, poverty, discrimination and social violence. Finally, the fourth section examines risk and protective factors in assessment of stress as a basis for prevention and treatment. With a wealth of actual case material, it is solidly documented, amply illustrated with tables and figures, yet sufficiently non-technical in presentation to appeal to the widest possible readership.

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Childhood Stress It is surprising in a society so confident of its extraordinary concern for the health and well-being of its young, that so little attention is paid to the often devastating effects of stress on children and adolescents. While both the popular and professional media have been abuzz, over the past decade, with news about stress in adults, it is only recently that stress in childhood and adolescence has begun to receive the attention it deserves. Childhood Stress, therefore, represents a publishing event of the first order for all child helping professionals. It offers the most complete and timely coverage of the major stressors among children and adolescents and their role in a variety of psychological, physical, developmental, and educational problems. As a consequence, it also has the further virtue of being the only inter-professional guide available useful to psychologists and social workers, physicians, nurses, educators and all childcare professionals. It can even be an invaluable resource for attorneys and providers of pastoral care. Childhood Stress is divided into four sections, the first section covering the biological and psychosocial aspects of stress and their interactions. The effects of stress on the developing brain, the neuroendocrine substrate of stress reactions, and psychosomatic reactions to stress are discussed, as are psychological coping and symptom formation. The second section is devoted entirely to a detailed examination of stressors typically encountered at various developmental stages, as well as age-typical methods for coping with them. Section three goes into greater depth focusing on a number of specific stressors—including divorce, death or illness of a parent, abuse, poverty, social violence, and illness, injury and disability. The fourth section considers risk and protective factors in the assessment of stress as a basis for prevention and treatment. Extremely well-referenced and crafted for use by all helping professionals, Childhood Stress is an important contribution that is destined to become the standard to which all subsequent books will aspire. A "must read" for child psychiatrists, child psychologists, nurses, and social workers who treat children, it is also an important reference for other pediatric health professionals, educators, and pastoral caregivers.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 624 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 5, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471508683
• ISBN-13: 978-0471508687
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.6 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,306,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)