Presents a review of assessment and treatment for a number of mental health conditions specific to the preschool child. Organised by specific disorder, each chapter looks at prevalence, etiology, assessment and treatment. Includes sections on: learning difficulties; enuresis and encopresis; eating problems; sleep disorders; communication and language problems; psychosomatic illnesses; conduct and attention problems; fears and anxiety; autism and pervasive developmental disorders; physical and sexual abuse; and depression and reaction to loss.
Presents a review of assessment and treatment for a number of mental health conditions specific to the preschool child. Organised by specific disorder, each chapter looks at prevalence, etiology, assessment and treatment. Includes sections on: learning difficulties; enuresis and encopresis; eating problems; sleep disorders; communication and language problems; psychosomatic illnesses; conduct and attention problems; fears and anxiety; autism and pervasive developmental disorders; physical and sexual abuse; and depression and reaction to loss.