Table of Contents

Contributors
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Kids in Crisis
Chapter 2. Aggression
Chapter 3. Suicide and Self-Injurious Behaviors
Chapter 4. Tantrums and Behavioral Outbursts
Chapter 5. The "Odd" Child
Chapter 6. Child Abuse and Trauma
Chapter 7. Risky Behaviors
Chapter 8. Clinical and Forensic Psychological Issues With At-Risk Youths and Juvenile Delinquents
Chapter 9. Substance Use: HELPING TEENAGERS AND FAMILIES WORK THROUGH A SUBSTANCE USE CRISIS
Chapter 10. Finding Help: HELPING FAMILIES FIND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS
Chapter 11. Models of Emergency Psychiatric Care for Children and Adolescents: MOVING FROM TRIAGE TO MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
Index

About the Author

Fadi Haddad, M.D., is Director Emeritus of Bellevue Hospital Children's Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine in New York, New York.

Ruth S. Gerson, M.D., is the Director of Bellevue Hospital Children's Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, and Clinical Assistant Professor in Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine in New York, New York.

Reviews

This book is a must-have for any health care provider who encounters children on a regular basis and who feels the need to be prepared for crises. It is particularly helpful for those in outpatient practice, pediatricians, and family practice providers, as well as school mental health providers.
Educators are apt to find the algorithms provided for each presenting problem particularly helpful; however, the language of the differential and some of the medical diction may be mismatched for their background. This book is likely less helpful for parents, as it is aimed at those who have some resources or base knowledge at hand. However, for an informed family-those with lived experience of crises and some background vocabulary of child mental health--I would not hesitate to recommend it. The algorithms, risk factor tables, and de-escalation techniques are thoughtful and clear. This book does not attempt to support everyone encountering kids in crisis--particularly missing an opportunity to speak more directly to educators or parents. That may have to wait for a future edition. However, for those of us in the pediatric mental health field needing a well-organized, pragmatic approach to how and when children need interventions, this is the book to own.