| Description |
vii, 227 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Psychosomatic disorders -- The case of Todd: obesity from a sense of guilt -- The case of Debbie: eating phobia in a 15-month-old girl -- The case of Donny: emotional conflicts, asthma, and eczema -- 3. Behavior disorders -- The case of Mike: a severely traumatic childhood -- The case of Roger: acting-out character disorder -- The case of Tommy: dramatic effects of personality on IQ -- 4. Learning disorders -- The case of Ricky: psychogenic learning disability -- The case of Carol: people, pills, and performance -- The case of Robby: hyperkinetic impulse disorder -- 5. Neurotic disorders -- The case of Gail: castration anxiety and fear of death -- The case of Laura and Donna: identical twins with elective mutism -- The case of Roy: an abandoned child -- 6. Psychotic disorders -- The case of Kevin: fixation on TV commercials -- The case of Jerry: schizophrenia of childhood -- The case of Larry: psychogenesis versus biogenesis -- 7. Concluding comments |
| Analysis |
Children Psychiatry Case studies |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Child psychiatry -- Case studies.
|
|
Child psychiatry -- Cases, clinical reports, statistics
|
|
Child psychiatry.
|
|
Child Psychiatry.
|
| Genre/Form |
Case Reports.
|
|
Case studies.
|
| Author |
DeVault, Spencer
|
|
Laffey, John J
|
| LC no. |
73020108 |
| ISBN |
0471196975 |
|
0471196991 (paperback) |
|
