Child Psychology and Psychiatry: Frameworks for Clinical Training and Practice 3rd Edition

An authoritative, up-to-date guide for psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians and other professionals working with vulnerable and at-risk children

Child Psychology and Psychiatry – Frameworks for Clinical Training and Practice, Third Edition, is an essential resource for psychologists and psychiatrists in training, as well as for experienced clinicians who want to stay abreast of important recent developments in the field.

Comprehensive in coverage, and much broader in scope than competing titles, its clear, concise entries and abundance of illustrations and visual aids make it easy for busy professionals to absorb and retain key information quickly and efficiently.

Written by expert clinicians and researchers from a wide range of disciplines, the practice frameworks presented in this book outline a variety of child and adolescent developmental pathways and their likely social, emotional, and behavioural outcomes.

It has been fully updated in line with the DSM-5 as well as the recent theoretical, structural, and practice developments that have taken place in child psychology and psychiatry since our previous edition.

• Combines a strong academic and research emphasis with the extensive clinical expertise of contributing authors
• Considers the familial and cultural factors that impact upon child and adolescent social, emotional,and behavioural developmental pathways
• Discusses recent discoveries in neurobiological, genetic, familial, and cultural influences upon child development, especially those fostering childhood competence, resilience, and emotional wellbeing
• Reviews current theoretical and clinical accounts of child psychopathology, and their relevance to clinical diagnoses, assessment, and intervention.
• Features new chapters on the implications of social media for child development and clinical practice, early intervention for psychosis in adolescents, and the developing theory and practice of mentalization.

Comprehensive in its coverage of child emotional and behavioural development, emphasising evidence-based interventions, this book is valuable learning tool for all those training in clinical or educational psychology, social work, psychiatry, and paediatric and psychiatric nursing.

Dr. David Skuse is Head of Behavioural and Brain Sciences at the UCL Institute of Child Health and an Honorary Consultant in Developmental Neuropsychiatry at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

Dr. Helen Bruce is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist for East London NHS Foundation Trust, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Senior Teaching Fellow at the Institute of Child Health, UCL.

Dr. Linda Dowdney is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.