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Paediatric Handbookby Kate Thomson; Dean Tey; Michael Marks
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2009; US$ 59.95The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne is a leading clinical and training centre in paediatrics. This Handbook is a highly popular, succinct guide to managing common and serious disorders in childhood. It is used far beyond the hospital by medical, nursing, and allied health professionals caring for children. It emphasizes the community-based approach to the management of children's problems along with clinical management by the doctor of first contact. This new 8th edition has been updated in line with the Hospital's Clinical Practice Guidelines and features clear illustrations and diagnostic and management algorithms. The must have management guide for all paediatric clinicians and students With today’s busy clinician requiring... more...
Savage Spawnby Jonathan Kellerman
Random House Publishing Group 2003; US$ 9.99"Ethically and morally, kids are works in progress. Throw in psychopathy and you've got a soul that will never be complete." In this powerful, disturbing book, bestselling author and noted child psychologist Jonathan Kellerman shines a penetrating light on antisocial youth--kids who kill without remorse--asserting that "psychopathic tendencies begin very early in life, as young as three, and they endure." Criticizing our quick impulse to blame violent movies or a "morally bankrupt" society, Kellerman convinces us that it is the kids themselves who need to be examined. Carefully. How do children become cold-blooded killers? Kellerman warns that today's aggressive bully is tomorrow's Mafia don, cult leader, or... more...
Creative Therapyby Kate Ollier; Angela Hobday
Australian Council for Educational Research 2003; US$ 34.95Creative Therapy: Adolescents overcoming child sexual abuse is a practical therapy book. Over 100 activities are offered in this multimodal approach to making therapy both effective and, as far as possible, fun. They cover many areas of need for survivors of sexual abuse, from learning to recognise and regulate emotion to selfidentity and coping strategies on which the young person can build a bright future. more...
Violent Deathby Edward K. Rynearson
Routledge 2006; US$ 49.95Talks about the theory and practice of clinical, spiritual, and emotional support after the experience of violent death. This book provides the theoretical and clinical bases necessary for planning and implementing clinical and spiritual services to meet the needs of survivors/witnesses/family and community members of violent death. more...
Parent Management Trainingby Alan E. Kazdin
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 29.95Based on Parent Management Training, as applied to the treatment of children and adolescents with oppositional and antisocial behavior. This book presents theory, research and clinical issues in an integrated fashion. Divided into two parts, it provides a therapy manual to convey what is actually done in treatment on a session by session basis. more...
Liver Disease in Childrenby Frederick J. Suchy; Ronald J. Sokol; William F. Balistreri
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 190.00Completely revised and updated new edition of the premier reference on pediatric liver disease. more...
Pediatric Critical Care Reviewby Michael D. Pappas
Springer 2006; US$ 139.00Captures the essence of the most common critical care scenarios in pediatrics. This book illuminates the facts and findings concerning the diagnosis and treatment of critical problems in the respiratory, cardiovascular, central nervous, endocrine, and gastrointestinal systems. more...
Pediatric Radiology Reviewby Michael D. Pappas; Loren G. Yamamoto; John A. Burns; Okechukwu Anene
Springer 2007; US$ 99.00Contains information on embryology, anatomy, surgery and more. This book also contains a review or radiographs in children, as well as the common radiological problems with which students, residents and clinicians may be confronted on a daily basis. more...
Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatryby Michael Rutter; Dorothy Bishop; Daniel Pine; Steven Scott; Jim S. Stevenson; Eric A. Taylor; Anita Thapar
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2009; US$ 299.95Rutter’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has become an established and accepted textbook of child psychiatry. Now completely revised and updated, the fifth edition provides a coherent appraisal of the current state of the field to help trainee and practising clinicians in their daily work. It is distinctive in being both interdisciplinary and international, in its integration of science and clinical practice, and in its practical discussion of how researchers and practitioners need to think about conflicting or uncertain findings. This new edition now offers an entirely new section on conceptual approaches, and several new chapters, including: neurochemistry and basic pharmacology brain imaging health economics psychopathology in... more...
Family-Based Treatment for Young Children with OCDby Jennifer B Freeman; Abbe Marrs Garcia
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 24.95Young children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often require professional help to overcome their symptoms. This workbook corresponds to a treatment program specifically designed for children ages 5-8 and their families. Your therapist will tailor the program to your child's developmental level and family situation. Parents have an important role to play in treatment; you will be attending all sessions and working at home with your child. In therapy, your child will face feared situations without avoidance or rituals until anxiety decreases. This is called exposure with response prevention (E/RP); sessions will tackle E/RP tasks of increasing difficulty. A reward plan will motivate your child to practice E/RP tasks at home with... more...