Reading list for Basic Specialist training in child & adolescent psychiatry

Key General Texts

 

Barker, P (1995) Basic Child Psychiatry (6th edn). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.

 

Black, D, Harris-Hendricks, J. & Wolkind, S. (1998) Child Psychiatry and the Law (3rd edn). London:Gaskell

 

Black, D & Cottrell D (Eds) (1993) Seminars in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. London:Gaskell

 

Goodman, R. & Scott, S. (1997) Child Psychiatry, Oxford: Blackwell Science

 

Joughin, C. & Shaw, M. (eds) (2000) Finding the Evidence. A Gateway to the Literature in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. London:Gaskell.

 

Lewis, M (1996) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2nd edn). London: Williams & Wilkins.

 

Overmeyer, S & Taylor, E. (1999) Annotation: principles of treatment for hyperkinetic disorder: practice approaches in the UK. Journal of Child psychiatry and Psychology, 140(8), 1147-1157.

 

Russell, O. (ed.) (1997) Seminars in the Psychiatry of Learning Disabilities (Second Edition). London: Gaskell.

 

Rutter, M. & Hay, D. (eds) (1994) Development Through Life: A Handbook for Clinicians. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.

 

--------, M., Taylor, E. & Hersov, L. (eds) (1994) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Modern Approach (3rd edn). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.

 

 

Anxiety Disorders

 

Dwivedi, K. N. & Varma, V. P. (1997) A Handbook of Child Anxiety Management. Hampshire:Arena.

 

Eisen, A. R., Kearney, C. A. & Schaefer, C. E. (1995) Clinical Handbook of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents. North Bale, N.J., Jason Aaronson.

 

Attachment

 

Bowlby, J. (1979) The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds. London: Tavistock.

 

………….. (1988) The Secure Base: Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory. London: Routlege.

 

Child Abuse

Bentovim, A. (1992) Trauma Organised Systems: Physical and Sexual Abuse in Families. London:Carnock.

 

Finkelhor, D. (ed) (1986) A Sourcebook on Child Sexual Abuse. Beverly Hills, CA & London:Sage

 

Jones, D. P. H. & McQuiston, M. G. (1992) Interviewing the Sexually AbusedChild (4th edn). London: Royal College of Psychiatrists

 

Classification

 

World Health Organisation (1992) The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders. Geneva:WHO

 

----------------------------------- (1996) Multi-Axial Classification of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.

 

 

Conduct Disorder

 

Rutter, M (1995) Psychosocial Disturbances in Young People. Challenges for Prevention. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.

 

 

Depression

 

Dwivedi, K. N. & Varma, V. P. (eds.) (1997) Depression in Children and Adolescents. London:Whurr.

 

Goodyear, I. (ed) 1995 The Depressed Child & Adolescent: Developmental and Clinical Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

 

Harrington, R. C. (1993) Depressive Disorder in Childhood and Adolescence. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

 

 

Developmental Psychology

 

Rutter, M. & Rutter, M. (1993) Developing Minds: Challenge and Continuity Across the Life Span. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.

 

-------------. & Hay, D (1994) Development Through Life. Handbook for Clinicians. Oxford: Blackwell Science

 

Spreen, O., Risser, A. & Edgell, D. (1995) Developmental Neuropsychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press

 

Eating Disorders

 

Lask, B. & Bryant-Waugh, R (eds) (2000) Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence (2nd edn). Hove: Psychology Press.

 

Epidemiology

 

Verhulst, F. C. & Koot, H. M. (eds) (1995) The Epidemiology of Child & Adolescent Psychopathology. Oxford :Oxford University Press.

 

 

Neuropsychiatry

 

Gillberg, C. (1995) Clinical Child Neuropsychiatry. Cambridge University Press

 

Harris, J (1995) Developmental Neuropsychiatry. Volume 1: Fundamentals. Volume II: Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment of Developmental Disorders. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

 

Paediatrics and Chronic Illness

 

Behrman, R. E., Kliegman, R. & Nelson, W. E. (1996) Nelson Textbook of Paediatrics. (15th edn) Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders.

 

Campbell, A., McIntosh, N. (eds) (1998) Forfar and Ameil’s Textbook of Paediatrics (5th edn) Edinburgh:Churchill-Livingston

 

Eiser, C. (1990) Chronic Childhood Disease. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

Hall, D. M. B., & Hill, P. D., (1996) The Child with a Disability. (2nd edn). Oxford: Blackwell Science

 

Psychopharmacology

 

Green, W. H. (2001) Child & Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology (3rd edn). London: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

 

Rosenberg, D. R., Holtton, J. & Gershon, S. (1994) Textbook of Pharmacotherapy for Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders. New York: Brunner/Mazel.

 

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

 

Dwivedi, K. N. (ed.) (2000) PostTraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents. London: Whurr.

 

Research

 

Howell, D. C. (1992) Statistical Methods for Psychology (3rd edn). Belmont, CA. Duxbury Press.

 

Richardson, J. T. (ed) (1996) Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for Psychology and the Social Sciences. Leicester British Psychological Society.

 

 

Transcultural

 

Dwivedi, K.N. (Eds.) (2002) Meeting the Needs of Ethnic Minority Children. London: Jessica Kingsley.

 

Lau, A. (2000) Asian children and Adolescents in Britain. London; Whurr.

 

 

Treatment

 

Barker, P. (1998) Basic Family Therapy (4th edn). Oxford: Blackwell Science.

 

Dattilio, F. M., Reinecke, M. & Freeman, A. (1996) Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents: A Casebook for Clinical Practice. London: Guilford Press.

 

Dwivedi, K.N. (ed.) (1993) Group Work with Children and Adolescents. London: Jessica Kingsley.

 

-----------------. (1997) Enhancing Parenting Skills : A Guide for Professionals Working with Parents. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.

 

------------------ (1997) The Therapeutic Use of Stories. London: Routledge.

 

Garalda, E. (ed) (1993) Managing Children with Psychiatric Problems. London:BMJ.

 

Herbert, M. (1987) Behavioural Treatment of Children with Problems. A Practice Manual. (2nd edn). London: Academic Press.

 

Howlin, P. (ed) (1997) Behavioural Approaches to the Treatment of Children. London:MacKeith

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