Books and Reports

Description:
This text is intended to complement the DSM IV as the primary focus is the provision of a comprehensive, multiaxial framework for diagnosing emotional and developmental problems in infancy and toddlerhood. It guides the reader toward effective intervention approaches, and promotes the concept of child psychopathology from a biopsychosocial perspective. The diagnostic categories discussed include; traumatic stress disorder, affect disorders, adjustment disorders, regulatory disorders, sleep and eating disorders, disorders of relating and communication and relationship disorders.

Comments:
This is a phenomenal handbook which provides clear, concise symptomology, behavioural descriptors and definitions to guide the practitioner’s understanding and planning processes. Professionals will appreciate the 17 case studies that illustrate DC: 0-3’s application of evaluation and treatment planning with very young children and their families. Zero to Three’s Diagnostic Task Force, is co-chaired by Stanley Greenspan and Serena Wieder.