Child & Adolescent Mental Health: A Practical, All-In-One Guide
With the number and variety of mental health issues affecting kids on the rise, and as more clinicians and counselors are pushed to the front lines of defense, there is an acute need for a comprehensive, practical resource that guides professionals through the complexities of child and adolescent mental health. This comprehensive book--now in its third edition--answers that call.
Fully revised and updated, Child & Adolescent Mental Health now includes chapters addressing mental health during a pandemic and gender dysphoria. Child and adolescent psychiatry expert Jess P. Shatkin distills three decades of clinical experience, research, and teaching into an effective guide that providers and trainees have kept within arm's reach for the past fifteen years.
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Jess Shatkin's third edition of Child & Adolescent Mental Health is an indispensable tool for clinicians. This comprehensive guide provides evidence-based information crucial to diagnosing and treating youth mental health conditions. It's a thoroughly researched, authoritative text, enlightening clinicians with the latest advances in child and adolescent psychiatry.--Daniel Carlat, MD, vice chair, public sector and community psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, founder and president, Carlat Publishing LLC
Clear and accessible, mixing wisdom, empathy, and common sense, Dr. Shatkin's Child & Adolescent Mental Health is an essential text for practitioners working with young people growing up in today's complex world, including valuable information on the many ways that pandemic experiences have affected children and families.--Perri Klass, MD, professor of journalism and pediatrics, New York University, and author of The Best Medicine: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future
As a long-time teacher of medical students, psychology and psychiatry trainees, I have always placed Dr. Shatkin's book at the top of my list as a resource. He writes like he speaks: clear, succinct, relevant and evidence-based. My pediatric colleagues have also commented on what a wonderful talent Dr. Shatkin has for taking complex material and distilling it into content that is readable and relevant. Kudos to Dr. Shatkin for leading the way in child psychiatry education!--Lisa Namerow, MD, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital
