Product Description: Audit is an essential activity for all psychiatrists and this book will help ease the audit process by offering tried and tested recipes for conducting audits in clinical services. All the audits have been undertaken by the authors who give practical advice for carrying them out in day to day practice...read more

A former writer for Business Week and award-winning author of Mars: Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet recounts how his children were inappropriately treated and repeatedly admitted to psychiatric hospitals before they were diagnosed with bipolar disorder and depression.

Parents have the power to help babies and toddlers at risk for developmental delays make important strides--but many are confused and intimidated as to how. In this easy-to-navigate guide, leading experts present more than 100 games and activities designed to strengthen vital communication and social skills in children from birth to age 3. Everyday chores and routines--like waking up and going to sleep, getting dressed, and mealtimes--are transformed into learning opportunities that promote crucial abilities, such as how to imitate others or use simple hand gestures to convey wants and needs. Parents are the most important people in their kids' lives. Now they can be the best teachers, too. Includes user-friendly features and practical tools, in a convenient large-size format.

Product Description: This toolkit provides a full set of ready-to-use problem-solvers forAssessment and diagnosisTreatment and medicationMonitoring and follow-upParent education and supportThe ADHD toolkit components have been evaluated and refined based on input from the AAP Quality Improvement Innovation Network (QuIIN)...read more

Product Description: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most frequently diagnosed psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Clinically referred preschool children with ADHD are significantly impaired, are at-risk for poor school outcome, and are frequent users of the healthcare system...read more

Product Description: I met so many parents who did not know what to believe because of so much misinformation in the media and I hope this book clarifies much of the mystery and the stigma surrounding these conditions. I finally wrote this book because I was so incensed, that although much is known and written about ADD, so little is discussed about the proper management...read more

Product Description: A great number of incarcerated youth have diagnosable psychiatric problems and, while in detention, this population experiences events that make them more vulnerable to disorders of mental health. This issue of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics is edited and authored by psychiatrists expert in working with youth in detention...read more

Product Description: This book aims to serve as a ready reference of illustrative case scenarios for clinicians dealing with adolescents in office practice. It includes special issues concerning adolescence such as growth, puberty, academic performance, romantic relationships and gender-related aspects...read more

Product Description: The nexus between the digital revolution and adolescent sexual behavior has posed significant challenges to mental health practitioners, attorneys, and educators. These digital technologies may facilitate dangerous behaviors and serious consequences for some youth...read more

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McGraw-Hill's AIM/FAR--Aeronautical Information Manual/Federal Aviation Regulations--is the reference that pilots, flight instructors, students, and fixed-base operators in general aviation select most often. Packed with time-saving features, this economically priced reference is more thoroughly indexed and easier to use than any other. Illustrations. (view table of contents)

An instructional text thoroughly studying over 40 aircraft incidents and accidents, dissecting the events, and offering suggestions to avoid future mishaps. Krause (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U.) concentrates on four probable accident cause areas (human factors, weather, mid-air collisions, mechanical failure) and highlights the perspectives of pilots, crew members, air traffic controllers, and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Includes illustrations. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. (view table of contents)

Product Description: About a quarter of the UK population drink alcohol at a level that is harmful and over 4% are dependent. Alcohol use disorders are also increasing in children and young people. This new guideline reviews the evidence for the diagnosis and assessment of alcohol use disorders, organisation and delivery of care, assisted alcohol withdrawal, and psychological and pharmacological interventions, and includes a chapter on experience of care...read more