New Directions In Failure To Thrive

Author : Dennis Drotar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781468450958

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New Directions in Failure to Thrive by Dennis Drotar Pdf

Failure to thrive affects the lives of many infants and young children at critical times in their development and represents a significant public health problem in the United States. Moreover, this condition is invisible and can affect children for long periods of time before it is recognized. The long-term psychosocial sequelae of failure to thrive have only begun to be recognized but may be more severe than first realized. We do know that the costs to society in terms of acute pediatric hospitalization and long-term rehabilitation, foster care, and mental health treatment of young children who present with failure to thrive are considerable. Children who are diagnosed with failure to thrive represent a special challenge and opportunity for intervention, especially preventive intervention, because it is quite possible that many of the long-term consequences of this condi tion on psychological development can be lessened via early recognition and intervention. However, the potential for preventive intervention in failure to thrive has been limited by the state of the art in scientific knowledge and practice. Despite the frequency with which failure to thrive is encounter ed in ambulatory and inpatient settings, there is little scientific infor mation to guide practitioners. Research on the causes and consequences of failure to thrive has been very much limited by small sample sizes, lack of common definitions, and short follow-up periods. Uncertainties in the science of failure to thrive coincide with the considerable practical difficulties involved in diagnosis and inte~vention.

Author : H.E. Fitzgerald,B.H. Lester,M.W. Yogman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461536802

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Theory and Research in Behavioral Pediatrics by H.E. Fitzgerald,B.H. Lester,M.W. Yogman Pdf

This volume posits two theories of behavioral pediatrics: that scientific and clinical study of organism--environment transactions requires investigators to alter recognize the importance of systemic models over mechanistic models; and that attention must be given to environmental contexts of development, and to the events in the environment that trigger and regulate the organization, development, and expression of human behavior.

Author : Dorota Iwaniec
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470093986

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Children who Fail to Thrive by Dorota Iwaniec Pdf

Three to five per cent of children fail to thrive. Without early intervention this can lead to serious growth failure and delayed psychomotor development. Such children typically present difficulties with feeding and sleeping, as well as other behavioural problems. Failure to grow can also involve attachment disorders, emotional maltreatment, neglect, and abuse. Dorota Iwaniec has carried out the longest ever study on failure to thrive, following up on 198 clinical cases after a 20-year period. This extensive practical guide includes: numerous checklists and other instruments for use in assessments four chapters on intervention and treatments, with a particular focus on multidisciplinary approaches a comprehensive literature review alongside original research data case studies drawn from the author's lengthy clinical experience This book is essential reading for social workers, health visitors, nurses, pediatricians, psychologists and child care workers.

Author : Alan M. Gross,Ronald S. Drabman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461305057

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Handbook of Clinical Behavioral Pediatrics by Alan M. Gross,Ronald S. Drabman Pdf

Since 1978, the editors have collaborated on several research projects and spent many hours at conventions discussing research, graduate education, and patient care. The idea for this volume arose when we both concluded that the area of behavioral pediatrics needed a "how to" book. Several important scholarly re views had recently appeared. They presented excellent summary information concerning the general assumptions and theories underlying the area of behav ioral medicine with children. But these volumes devote very little attention to the application of clinical methods. What was needed, we thought, was a book that would allow graduate students and practicing clinicians the opportunity to peer into the minds of eminent practitioners and understand their thinking. Thus the book was conceived. Editing books represents a special kind of challenge. One has to "sell" an idea to a group of distinguished colleagues. They have to believe enough in that idea to devote the considerable time and effort necessary to bring thought into reality. In this case, there were two ideas we tried to sell to our colleagues.

Author : Michael C. Roberts,Jan L. Wallander
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134992607

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Family Issues in Pediatric Psychology by Michael C. Roberts,Jan L. Wallander Pdf

Over a relatively brief period of time pediatric psychology as an organized field has evolved and expanded as a science and in clinical practice. Reflecting a newer focus on family roles in health and illness, the present volume is relevant to a variety of fields because family issues and pediatric medicine inherently interact with numerous disciplines and approaches. This volume fills the need for a resource indicating research advancements that links pediatric psychology and pediatrics with family issues. The articles -- selected from special issues of Pediatric Psychology -- cover such topics as chronic illnesses and handicapping conditions, failure to thrive, spina bifida, recurrent abdominal pain, and health promotion. These pediatric conditions are considered in terms of concomitant psychosocial effects on parents and siblings, family resources and environment, adjustment and maladjustment, interventions and programming utilizing and assisting families.

Author : Jo Douglas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134976058

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Behaviour Problems in Young Children by Jo Douglas Pdf

This comprehensive account of emotional and behavioural problems in pre-school children also provides a practical guide to assessing and managing such problems. It will be an invaluable text for all health professionals working with young families, and an important resource for clinicians who advise parents on how to manage their children in their daily practice. Jo Douglas has worked extensively with young children and their families and lectured widely to professional and parent audiences. She provides outlines for assessments and interviews as well as details on a range of treatments, using case examples throughout to illustrate the methods described.

Author : Charles A. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781136595653

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Encyclopedia of Parenting by Charles A. Smith Pdf

Parenting receives growing amounts of attention from researchers, and what was once considered chiefly an art is now also recognized for being a science. Our knowledge of parenting has increased significantly in the last few decades; new developments continue to happen daily. The Encyclopedia of Parenting provides, in reference book format, what we now know about parents, parenting, and the parent-child relationship, synthesized in some 250 alphabetically arranged entries. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides an authoritative overview of a particular topic. Subjects covered include: child activity; child outcomes; child states; parent behaviours; parental situations; external and community factors; systematic concerns; the transition to parenthood; available resources; persons who have added to our knowledge of the field. Entries draw on a wide range of disciplines, including psychology, education, and sociology. Each entry closes with a bibliography, and the volume concludes with a selected list of works for further reading.

Author : Arnold J. Sameroff,Michael Lewis,Suzanne M. Miller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0306462753

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Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology by Arnold J. Sameroff,Michael Lewis,Suzanne M. Miller Pdf

Developmental psychopathology involves the study and prediction of maladaptive behaviors and processes across time. This new edition of the Handbook furthers the goal of integrating developmental processes into the search for adequate categorical systems for understanding child mental health problems and the trajectories that lead to adult psychopathology. The editors respond to contemporary challenges to place individual behavior in a biological and social context. By including a range of approaches, this volume encompasses the complexity of the growing developmental literature. At the same time, it includes the most recent efforts to produce concise child diagnostic categories. In a thoroughgoing revision of the first edition of this classic text and reference, published by Plenum in 1990, the editors have assembled a distinguished roster of contributors to address such topics as issues and theories; context and mental health; biology and mental illness; disorders of early childhood; disruptive behavior disorders; emotional disorders; control disorders; pervasive developmental disorders; and trauma disorders. Clinicians, researchers, and students in such diverse fields as developmental and clinical psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, social work, and educational and counseling psychology will benefit from the concepts, investigations, and challenges presented in this state-of-the-art compendium.

Author : Joseph L. Woolston
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1991-09-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780803936843

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Eating and Growth Disorders in Infants and Children by Joseph L. Woolston Pdf

Do certain eating disorders directly correlate with neglect and abuse? What do eating and growth disorders have in common? And, are some treatment methods more successful than others in treating such disorders? In Eating and Growth Disorders in Infants and Children Woolston examines the relevant literature on each major eating and growth disorder from infancy through childhood. Among the disorders considered are failure to thrive, psychosocial dwarfism, rumination, pica, obesity, and anorexia nervosa. The author describes the emergence and course of each specific disorder, discusses known or suspected risk factors, and alerts the reader to unresolved clinical and research issues. Woolston also stresses the advantages of using a multidisciplinary team approach --including a pediatrician, a nurse, a developmental psychologist, a social worker, and a nutritionist--and points out that all aspects and levels of risk should be considered. Comprehensive, yet concise, this book presents an excellent overview of the various aspects of each disorder. It is an indispensable volume for professionals and students in developmental psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry, social work, and nursing.

Author : Peter J. Cooper,Alan Stein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134702947

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Childhood Feeding Problems and Adolescent Eating Disorders by Peter J. Cooper,Alan Stein Pdf

Comprehensive approach to the subject matter - this book covers the nature, asssessment and treatment of the full range of feeding problems and eating disorders The subject of feeding problems in early childhood is one about which relatively little has been written so far Features contributions from experts in this field from the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and Switzerland

Author : Benjamin Lahey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461398264

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Advances in Clinical Child Psychology by Benjamin Lahey Pdf

Advances in Clinical Child Psychology is a serial publication designed to bring together original summaries of the most important new develop ments in the field of clinical psychology and its related disciplines. Each chapter is written by a key figure in an innovative area of research or by an individual who is particularly well qualified to comment on a topic of major contemporary importance. These chapters provide convenient, concise explorations of empirical and clinical advances in the fields of clinical child psychology, child psychiatry, and related disciplines. The chapter topics are chosen by the editors and are based on sug gestions by the advisory editors, unsolicited suggestions provided by colleagues, and all of our reading of the latest published empirical and theoretical works. They reflect our collective perception of the leading trends in the field of clinical child psychology. The contents of Volume 10 reflect multiple themes. Two chapters focus on different aspects of the child's family: the home and family environment associated with childhood psychopathology and the characteristics of parents whose parenting has become twisted into the abuse or neglect of their own children. The key topics of aggression and stealing are dealt with in two chapters, and five chapters deal with the variety of topics that were formerly under the umbrella concept of minimal brain dysfunction.

Author : Keith L. Kaufman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135065218

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The Health Care Setting As A Context for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse by Keith L. Kaufman Pdf

This special issue was designed to explore the role of health care professionals in the assessment, treatment, and prevention of child maltreatment. The initial five articles were solicited to enhance our understanding of various forms of child maltreatment as well as approaches designed to effectively respond to this difficult problem. The final manuscripts in this issue represent a theoretical and empirical perspective on child maltreatment. Medical settings represent a fertile arena for prevention as well as intervention initiatives. Future research should further support clinical strategies via program evaluation and outcome studies, and be aimed at enhancing our knowledge of the field and developing more comprehensive models to guide our efforts. It is hoped that this issue will stimulate research in this area and provide additional support for clinical interventions in the field.

Author : A. Cooper
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992-02-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3718651661

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Feeding Problems and Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents by A. Cooper Pdf

Author : Arnold J. Sameroff,Susan C. McDonough,Katherine L. Rosenblum
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781593852450

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Treating Parent-Infant Relationship Problems by Arnold J. Sameroff,Susan C. McDonough,Katherine L. Rosenblum Pdf

Within a developmental framework, this book presents a range of effective approaches to treating early relationship difficulties and promoting more sensitive and responsive parenting. Clinicians are guided to understand the different types of problems that parents have with infants and to determine how a given family might best be served--whether by addressing health concerns that are affecting infant behavior, modifying parental beliefs or expectations, or targeting key caregiving skills. Leading experts detail their respective therapeutic models in a practical, clinician-friendly format, including intervention guidelines and illustrative case material. Special topics covered include working with families of infants with special needs and with those at risk for child maltreatment.

Author : Johnny L. Matson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461309833

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Handbook of Treatment Approaches in Childhood Psychopathology by Johnny L. Matson Pdf

The treatment of psychopathology in children has been a centerpiece of the overall field of problem behaviors in children. Therefore, a considerable number of data have been accumulated, particularly in recent years. These efforts have expanded at such a rate as to result in the publication of several new journals, such as the Journal of Clinical Child Psychology and Education and Treatment of Children. Similarly, many standard general clinical journals have begun to de vote more attention to children. Despite these efforts, few books have emerged that are devoted directly and specifically to treatment in childhood psychopath ology. This volume's scope is broad in that it reviews not only behavior therapy, but also the rapidly expanding efforts in psychopathology and traditional psy chotherapy, and at an advanced level. It is designed to provide an in-depth scholarly review of the empirical evidence, including an overview and analysis of the available techniques, their effectiveness, and the limitations and complica tions arising from the use of these treatment methods with the full range of psychopathology displayed by children. Many nationally and internationally recognized experts have agreed to contribute chapters to this book, and we hope that what has emerged is an up-to-date and authoritative volume.