Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics : A Handbook for Primary Care.

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics -- Contents -- Contributing Authors -- Preface from 1st Edition -- Preface -- I The Fundamentals of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics -- Talking with Parents -- Talking with Children -- Teachable Moments in Primary Care -- Touchpoints of Anticipatory Guidance in the First Three Years -- Difficult Encounters with Parents -- Helping Families Deal with Bad News -- Promoting Early Literacy -- Family Systems -- Promoting Parental SelfUnderstanding -- Behavioral Screening -- Developmental Screening -- Screening for Social and Emotional Delays in Early Childhood -- Behavioral Management: Theory and Practice -- Coping with Stressful Transitions -- Managing Behavior -- Pain -- Early Childhood Development in Developing Countries -- Self-Regulation Therapy -- Psychopharmacology -- II Specific Child Problems -- Recurrent Abdominal Pain -- The Aggressive, Explosive Child -- Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia -- Anxiety Disorders -- Asperger Syndrome -- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -- Autism -- Bad News in the Media -- Bipolar Disorder in Children -- Biting Others -- Breath Holding -- Bullying -- Cerebral Palsy -- Chronic Conditions -- Colic -- Depression -- Down Syndrome -- The Dysmorphic Child -- Encopresis -- Enuresis -- Failure to Thrive -- Fears -- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome -- Fragile X Syndrome -- Gay, Lesbian, &amp -- Bisexual Youth -- Gender Identity Issues -- The Gifted Child -- Headaches -- Hearing Impairment -- Language Delays -- Lying, Cheating, &amp -- Stealing -- Masturbation -- Mental Retardation: Behavioral Problems -- Mental Retardation: Diagnostic Evaluation -- Motor Delays -- Neglect -- Nightmares and Night Terrors -- Obesity -- Physical Abuse -- Picky Eating -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- PTSD) in Children -- Prematurity: Primary Care Follow-up -- School Avoidance -- School Failure.

School Readiness -- Selective Mutism -- Self-Esteem and Resilience -- Sensory Integration Disorder -- Sex and the Adolescent -- Sexual Abuse -- Shyness -- Sleep Problems -- Speech-Sound Disorders -- Stuttering -- Substance Abuse in Adolescence -- Suicide -- Temper Tantrums -- Temperamentally Difficult Children -- Thumb Sucking -- Tics and Tourette Syndrome -- Toilet Training -- Unpopular Children -- Violent Youth -- Visual Impairment -- Witness to Violence -- III Family Issues -- Adoption -- Bereavement and Loss -- Child Care -- Cultural Competence -- Divorce -- Dying Children -- Foster Care -- Gay and Lesbian Parents -- Screening for Maternal Depression -- Sibling Rivalry -- Single Parents -- Stepfamilies -- Television -- Twins -- Vulnerable Children -- Appendices -- Pediatric Symptom Checklist -- Child Development in the First Five Years -- Early Language Milestone Scale -- Temperament -- Child Development in the First 21 Months -- Socioemotional Development of Infants and Children: Themes and Behaviors -- Index.

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