Diagnostic Dilemmas in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Philosophical Perspectiv

Description: Diagnostic Dilemmas in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by Christian Perring, Lloyd Wells Within child and adolescent psychiatry, there are a number of potential dilemmas pertaining to diagnosis, treatment, the protection of the child, as well as the childs own developing intelligence and moral judgement. Diagnostic Dilemmas in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is the first in the IPPP series to explore this highly complex topic. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Though many of the ethical issues important in adult mental health are of relevance in the child, there are a considerable number of issues special to children. Many of the dilemmas faced pertain to diagnosis, treatment, the protection of the child, as well as the childs own developing intelligence and moral judgement. In addition, there are cases where the interests of the parents may conflict with the interests of the child. For example, the interests of a motherwith schizophrenia might best be served by her continuing to look after her child, but the childs interests might require that a substitute placement be found. DiagnosticDilemmas in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is the first in the IPPP series to explore this highly complex topic. It brings together a collection of clinicians and philosophers who consider a range of topics central to the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents affected by mental disorders. Author Biography Christian Perring is Professor of Philosophy at Dowling College, NY. He has academic degrees from Oxford University, Kings College London, and Princeton University. He is a member of the executive council for the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry, and he is the editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews. His research interests are in philosophy of psychiatry, philosophy of psychology, and moral psychology, with particular focus on issuesof the moral responsibility of people with mental illness, the classification of disorders in child and adolescent psychiatry, and the role of scientific reductionism in psychiatry. He teaches in awide variety of areas, including medical ethics, the philosophy of law, the philosophy of sex and love, and the history of psychology. Dr. Wells recently retired after a thirty-nine year career at Mayo Clinic, where he worked in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. For twenty-two years he was Chair of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. For twelve years he served as Vice-Chair of the department, in charge of education issues. For more than twenty years he wasmedical director of the inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry unit. Dr. Wells was a course director in the medical school for almost twenty years and served as program director for the residencyprograms in child and adolescent psychiatry and general psychiatry. He examined on the general psychiatry Boards and served as education chair for the Society of Professors of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Table of Contents Section One: Theoretical and Conceptual Issues1: Christian Perring and Lloyd A. Wells: Theoretical and Conceptual Issues: Background and Introduction2: Fayez El-Gabalawi: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Conceptual and Diagnostic Issues3: Leen De Vreese: The Concept of Disease and our Responsibility for Children4: Jorid Moen: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry between Neuroscience and the Family Perspective: a Pragmatist Approach5: Benjamin Lovett and S. Brian Hood: Comoribidity in Diagnosis of Children and Adolescents: Conceptual Complications6: Christian Perring: Are Relationship Problems Disorders?7: Robyn Bluhm: Moving Parts get Broken: Neuroimaging Research and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry8: Lloyd A. Wells: Psychiatric Nosology in Children and Adolescents: Past, Present, FutureSection Two: Particular Disorders9: Christian Perring and Lloyd A. Wells: Particular Disorders: Background and Introduction10: John Z Sadler: Conduct Disorder as a vice-laden diagnostic concept11: Sara Worley: Conduct- and Oppositional-Defiant Disorders: Pathologizing the Normal12: Jennifer Vande Voort: Depression in Children and Adolescents13: Lloyd A. Wells: Bipolar Disorder in Historical Perspective14: Bhanu Prakash Kolla: The Beginning of Wisdom is calling things by their Right Name: A Critique of the Broad Concept of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder using the Robins and Guze model Review It is about time that a book focuses entirely on child and adolescent psychiatry. Diagnostic Dilemmas in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry analyzes, critiques, and offers alternative perspectives on a range of topics including concepts of childhood mental disease, diagnosis and over-diagnosis, the use of neuroimaging of children, and issues of comorbidity, all informed by intersections of philosophy and psychiatry. Readers will also find clear critiques of particular diagnoses such as conduct disorder, pediatric bipolar disorder, depression, and ADHD. The editors are to be commended for putting such a fine volume together. This volume is a must-read for anyone interested in better understanding childhood behavior, and distress and the values that inform our judgments: child psychiatrists, philosophers, social workers, psychologists, and sociologists. * Nancy Nyquist Potter, PhD * Promotional The first in the IPPP series to explore this highly complex topic. Long Description Though many of the ethical issues important in adult mental health are of relevance in the child, there are a considerable number of issues special to children. Many of the dilemmas faced pertain to diagnosis, treatment, the protection of the child, as well as the childs own developing intelligence and moral judgement. In addition, there are cases where the interests of the parents may conflict with the interests of the child. For example, the interests of a motherwith schizophrenia might best be served by her continuing to look after her child, but the childs interests might require that a substitute placement be found. DiagnosticDilemmas in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is the first in the IPPP series to explore this highly complex topic. It brings together a collection of clinicians and philosophers who consider a range of topics central to the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents affected by mental disorders. Review Quote "[T]his book is a comprehensive and helpful tool. ... The authors challenge clinicians to consider other perspectives than our current, increasingly biological emphasis on psychopathology. In doing so, the book broadens the horizons for investigation and research." Weighted Numerical Score: 100 - 5 Stars! --Doodys Health Sciences Book Review Feature A philosophically informed account of child and adolescent psychiatry, giving readers a deeper understanding of some of the ethical issues in this fieldApplies methods to the real world so readers can see philosophy at work in real casesincludes chapters by both philosophers and psychiatrists meaning that a clinical perspective is offeredA historical perspective is given throughout showing that the issues under discussion have been raised in different ways over a great many yearsA pragmatic view is given throughout - the focus is always on what is in the best interest of the children.All the chapters are up-to-date, cutting edge and given by leading names in the field. Details ISBN0199645752 Year 2014 ISBN-10 0199645752 ISBN-13 9780199645756 Format Paperback Short Title DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMAS IN CHILD & Language English Media Book Publication Date 2014-03-13 Subtitle Philosophical Perspectives Edited by Lloyd Wells DEWEY 618.9289 Illustrations black & white tables Author Lloyd Wells Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Publisher Oxford University Press UK Release Date 2014-03-13 AU Release Date 2014-03-13 NZ Release Date 2014-03-13 Pages 282 Series International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry Imprint Oxford University Press Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:102015131;

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