The DSM-5-TR Casebook and Treatment Guide for Child Mental Health has a singular aim: to help clinicians navigate the complexities of diagnosing and treating mental disorders in children and adolescents. Approximately 20% of children and adolescents in the United States have diagnosable mental health problems. Of those children in need, 50% do not receive mental health care.

Building on the 2017 DSM-5 edition, this guide helps bridge the gap between research and practical application. It incorporates updates and advances from DSM-5-TR as well as evidence-based assessment and treatment of children's mental health. The book is designed to be an indispensable reference and a teaching tool for trainees and clinicians of child and adolescent psychiatry, including mental health counselors, social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and nurse clinicians.

A roster of more than 120 field-leading contributors lend their expertise in 28 realistic case studies, each accompanied by commentaries that offer diverse perspectives on treatment approaches, from the psychotherapeutic to the psychopharmacological. The studies correspond to four categories:

1. Classic cases that include ADHD, major depressive disorder, and anorexia nervosa2. Comorbid complexities, such as children with multiple disorders or language and reading difficulties and adolescents who have misused prescription medications3. Toughest cases, which include nonsuicidal self-injury and children and adolescents at high risk for developing psychosis4. Kids in crisis, which examines young patients who have psychopathology in the context of extreme psychosocial stressors

Special attention is given to racial, ethnic, and cultural identity and how they affect diagnosis and treatment. The book's closing section discusses clinical and research issues in the diagnosis and treatment of child psychopathology.

Whether they are trainees acquainting themselves with child mental health care or more experienced clinicians seeking a proxy for a second opinion, readers will find this volume an invaluable resource for improving the lives of young people facing mental health challenges.

This book helps clinicians navigate the complexities of mental disorders in children. The book is designed to be an indispensable reference and a teaching tool for trainees and clinicians of child and adolescent psychiatry, including mental health counselors, social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and nurse clinicians.

PrefaceIntroduction: Our Conceptualization of the CasesAcknowledgmentsPART IClassic CasesIntroduction to Classic CasesChapter 1. Trouble Paying Attention: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderChapter 2. Trouble With Transitions: Does My Child Have Autism?Chapter 3. Living in Her Parents' Shadow: Separation Anxiety DisorderChapter 4. Chatterbox at Home: Selective MutismChapter 5. Everything Bothers Her: Major Depressive DisorderChapter 6. Excessively Silly: Bipolar DisorderChapter 7. Life of the Party: Chronic Marijuana UseChapter 8. Jerking Movements: An Adolescent With PsychosisChapter 9. She Just Won't Eat a Thing: Anorexia NervosaChapter 10. I Just Can't Stop: Tourette's DisorderChapter 11. He's Always Exhausted: Disordered Sleep in an AdolescentPART IIComorbid ComplexityChapter 12. Stealing the Car: Disruptive Behavior in an AdolescentChapter 13. Zero Tolerance: Threats to Harm a Teacher in Elementary SchoolChapter 14. Anxious Adolescent in the Emergency Room: Misuse of Prescription MedicationsChapter 15. The Worried Child: A Child With Multiple Anxiety DisordersChapter 16. Affective Storms: A Careful Assessment of Rage AttacksChapter 17. Struggling in School: Language and Reading DifficultiesChapter 18. Abdominal Pain in a Child With Inflammatory Bowel DiseasePART III Toughest CasesChapter 19. Frequent Tantrums: Oppositional Behavior in a Young ChildChapter 20. Toddler With Temper Tantrums: A Careful Assessment of a Dysregulated Preschool ChildChapter 21. Won't Leave His Room: Clinical High Risk for Developing PsychosisChapter 22. Cutting Helps Me Feel Better: Nonsuicidal Self-InjuryChapter 23. From Foster Care to the State Hospital: Psychotic Symptoms in a Child Who Is Victiim of NeglectPART IVKids in CrisisChapter 24. Suicidal Ideation After Supervised Visits With Biological Mom: Depressed Mood in a Child in Foster CareChapter 25. The Legacy of War: Irritability and Anger in an Adolescent RefugeeChapter 26. Moody Child: Depression in the Context of Parental Divorce Chapter 27. Without My Mom, I'm Not Me: Childhood BereavementChapter 28. Never Met a Stranger: Disinhibited Attachment in a Toddler PART V Decision MakingChapter 29. Diagnostic Decision MakingChapter 30. Research and Clinical Perspectives on Diagnostic and Treatment Decision Making: Whence the Future?Subject IndexIndex of Cases by Diagnosis

Cathryn A. Galanter, M.D., is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program at the State University of New York Downstate and New York City Health + Hospitals/Kings County in Brooklyn, New York.

Peter S. Jensen, M.D., is Board Chair and Founder of The REACH Institute in New York, New York, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas.