Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Part I. Current Understanding of Psychiatric Disorders

1. Pediatric Bipolar Disorders: Current Understanding and Management
Lisa M. Cullins, David C. Call, Paramjit T. Joshi

2. Dissociative Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Susanta Padhy, Soumya Jhanda, Savita Malhotra

3. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and DSM 5: What’s New?
Aradhana Bela Sood, Ashvin R. Sood

4. Affective Disorders—Current Status and Controversies
Kandasamy Preeti, Rajeev Jairam, Shoba Srinath

5. Reflections on Suicide in Children and Adolescents
Alan Apter, Yari Gvion

Part II. Substance Use

6. From Nihilism to Hope: Reframing the Concept of Addiction
Vivek Benegal, Deepak Jayarajan

7. Tobacco Use and Its Developmental Effects in Children and Adolescents
Pratima Murthy, Aniruddha Basu, Prabhat Kumar Chand

Part III. Environment and Cultural Influences

8. Rapid Sociocultural Change, Child-Rearing Crisis, and Children’s Mental Health
Kang-E. Michael Hong

9. Street Children: Stories of Adversity and Resilience
Cornelio G. Banaag

10. Cyberage and Child Mental Health
Jillian Sok Teng Boon, Daniel Shuen Sheng Fung

11. Childhood Sexual Abuse: Lifting the Veil of Denial
Ruchita Shah, Aakanksha Singh

12. The Lifelong Impact of Childhood Parental Loss: Manifestations and Management
Salman Akhtar

Part IV. Early Identification and Antecedents of Psychopathology

13. Early Identification of Psychopathology
Miri Keren, Astrid Berg, Palvi Kaukonnen, Kai Klitzing

14. Temperament: Clinical Relevance
Savita Malhotra, Soumya Jhanda

15. Childhood Antecedents of Personality Disorders
Pratap Sharan, Sathya Prakash

Part V. Pharmacological and Biological Treatments

16. Psychopharmacology for Children and Adolescents: A Paradigm Shift
Gordon Harper, Peter Parry, Jared Ng, Shekhar Seshadri

17. Pediatric Psychopharmacology: Perspectives from Low Resource Countries
Devashish Konar, Srinivas Balachander

18. Psychopharmacology of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children
Jatinder Singh, Paramala Santosh

19. Electro Convulsive Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Yuval Bloch, Neera Ghaziuddin

Part VI. Non-Pharmacological Treatments

20. Play as a Medium for Assessment and Therapy in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Practice
Rachel Z. Ritvo

21. Poor Scholastic Performance: Psychosocial Perspectives in Assessment and Management
Rakesh Kumar Chadda, Bichitra Nanda Patra

22. Low Cost Solutions for Learning Disabilities
Malavika Kapur

Part VII. Service, Training and Policy

23. Child Mental Health Policy: The Time Is Now
Myron L. Belfer

24. Telepsychiatry in Child and Adolescent Mental Healthcare
Savita Malhotra, Subho Chakrabarti, Ruchita Shah

25. Bridging the Mental Health Gap in India: Issues and Perspectives
Pratap Sharan, Saurabh Kumar

26. Teaching in Child Psychiatry: A Transcultural Perspective
Anula Nikapota

Keywords: Psychology, Child and School Psychology, Psychiatry, Childhood, Adolescence and Society