DSM-5-TR® Casebook and Treatment Guide for Child Mental Health

The DSM-5-TR Casebook and Treatment Guide for Child Mental Health has a singular aim: to help clinicians navigate the complexities of diagnosing and treating mental disorders in children and adolescents. Approximately 20% of children and adolescents in the United States have diagnosable mental health problems. Of those children in need, 50% do not receive mental health care.

Building on the 2017 DSM-5 edition, this guide helps bridge the gap between research and practical application. It incorporates updates and advances from DSM-5-TR as well as evidence-based assessment and treatment of children's mental health. The book is designed to be an indispensable reference and a teaching tool for trainees and clinicians of child and adolescent psychiatry, including mental health counselors, social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and nurse clinicians.

A roster of more than 120 field-leading contributors lend their expertise in 28 realistic case studies, each accompanied by commentaries that offer diverse perspectives on treatment approaches, from the psychotherapeutic to the psychopharmacological. The studies correspond to four categories:

1. Classic cases that include ADHD, major depressive disorder, and anorexia nervosa
2. Comorbid complexities, such as children with multiple disorders or language and reading difficulties and adolescents who have misused prescription medications
3. Toughest cases, which include nonsuicidal self-injury and children and adolescents at high risk for developing psychosis
4. Kids in crisis, which examines young patients who have psychopathology in the context of extreme psychosocial stressors

Special attention is given to racial, ethnic, and cultural identity and how they affect diagnosis and treatment. The book's closing section discusses clinical and research issues in the diagnosis and treatment of child psychopathology.

Whether they are trainees acquainting themselves with child mental health care or more experienced clinicians seeking a proxy for a second opinion, readers will find this volume an invaluable resource for improving the lives of young people facing mental health challenges.

CONTENTS

• Preface
• Introduction: Our Conceptualization of the Cases
• Acknowledgments

• PART I: Classic Cases

• Introduction to Classic Cases
• Chapter 1. Trouble Paying Attention: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Chapter 2. Trouble With Transitions: Does My Child Have Autism?
• Chapter 3. Living in Her Parents' Shadow: Separation Anxiety Disorder
• Chapter 4. Chatterbox at Home: Selective Mutism
• Chapter 5. Everything Bothers Her: Major Depressive Disorder
• Chapter 6. Excessively Silly: Bipolar Disorder
• Chapter 7. Life of the Party: Chronic Marijuana Use
• Chapter 8. Jerking Movements: An Adolescent With Psychosis
• Chapter 9. She Just Won't Eat a Thing: Anorexia Nervosa
• Chapter 10. I Just Can't Stop: Tourette's Disorder
• Chapter 11. He's Always Exhausted: Disordered Sleep in an Adolescent

• PART II: Comorbid Complexity

• Chapter 12. Stealing the Car: Disruptive Behavior in an Adolescent
• Chapter 13. Zero Tolerance: Threats to Harm a Teacher in Elementary School
• Chapter 14. Anxious Adolescent in the Emergency Room: Misuse of Prescription Medications
• Chapter 15. The Worried Child: A Child With Multiple Anxiety Disorders
• Chapter 16. Affective Storms: A Careful Assessment of Rage Attacks
• Chapter 17. Struggling in School: Language and Reading Difficulties
• Chapter 18. Abdominal Pain in a Child With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• PART III: Toughest Cases
• Chapter 19. Frequent Tantrums: Oppositional Behavior in a Young Child
• Chapter 20. Toddler With Temper Tantrums: A Careful Assessment of a Dysregulated Preschool Child
• Chapter 21. Won't Leave His Room: Clinical High Risk for Developing Psychosis
• Chapter 22. Cutting Helps Me Feel Better: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
• Chapter 23. From Foster Care to the State Hospital: Psychotic Symptoms in a Child Who Is Victiim of Neglect

• PART IV: Kids in Crisis

• Chapter 24. Suicidal Ideation After Supervised Visits With Biological Mom: Depressed Mood in a Child in Foster Care
• Chapter 25. The Legacy of War: Irritability and Anger in an Adolescent Refugee
• Chapter 26. Moody Child: Depression in the Context of Parental Divorce
• Chapter 27. Without My Mom, I'm Not Me: Childhood Bereavement
• Chapter 28. Never Met a Stranger: Disinhibited Attachment in a Toddler

• PART V: Decision Making

• Chapter 29. Diagnostic Decision Making
• Chapter 30. Research and Clinical Perspectives on Diagnostic and Treatment Decision Making: Whence the Future?
• Subject Index
• Index of Cases by Diagnosis