Essential Clinical Guide to Understanding and Treating Autism (Wiley Essential Clinical Guides to Understanding and Treating Issues of Child Mental Health) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 111858662X ISBN 13: 9781118586624

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2017

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Coauthored by the premier expert on autism in the United States and an experienced academic and practicing pediatrician, this volume provides concise and practical information based on the most up-to-date research and clinical experience for primary care givers around the world. Showing clinicians how to most effectively use evidence-based techniques, this invaluable guide offers primary-care providers access to expert, current research and practice guidelines allowing them to confidently support children who present with symptoms of autism.

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FRED R. VOLKMAR, M.D., is the Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology at the Yale University School of Medicine and the former Director of the Center. He is the primary author of the American Psychiatric Associations DSM-IV section on Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Dr. Volkmar has directed Autism research at Yale and the coauthor of a number of books, including Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, 4th edition (Wiley, 2013). The mentor of several hundred students, he has a strong interest in bringing research knowledge to primary care providers and to parents and teachers.

LISA A. WIESNER, M.D., is a pediatrician in private practice in Orange, Connecticut. She is a graduate of Harvard College and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric training at Yale New Haven Hospital and a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at Yale. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor of pediatrics at Yale and the co-author with Dr. Volkmar of A Practical Guide to Autism: What Every Parent, Family Member, and Teacher needs to Know (Wiley, 2009).

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Offers Primary-Care Providers Access to Expert, Current Research and Practice Guidelines Allowing Them to Confidently Support Children Who Present with Symptoms of Autism

Coauthored by the premier expert on autism in the United States and an experienced academic and practicing pediatrician, this volume provides concise and practical information based on the most up-to-date research and clinical experience for primary caregivers around the world.

• In an environment full of contesting theories and advice, this book provides the gold standard of current research and practice for primary care providers
• Shows clinicians how to most effectively use evidence-based techniques
• Links to video lectures by Dr. Volkmar provided

Topic covered include:

• Screening and Diagnosis
• Associated Medical Conditions
• Providing Medical Care
• Working with Families and Schools
• Behavioral Issues and Interventions
• Medications
• Changes with Age

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 111858662X
• ISBN 13: 9781118586624
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
• Herausgeber: Volkmar Fred R., Wiesner Lisa A.
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