Mental Health Care of Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Primary Care Clinicians

This indispensable resource is designed to help pediatric health care providers assess, treat and manage children’s mental health care issues in a primary care setting. Guidance on developing the community-level systems needed for quality mental health care of children is provided, plus the latest information on enhancements to the medical home, mental health competencies, and prevention and treatment strategies.Topics covered include:

• Assessing and monitoring children’s mental health in primary care
• Family-centered care and how-to apply behavioral change science 
• Anticipatory guidance, surveillance and screening
• Care of special populations
• Psychotropic medications in primary care
• Common signs and symptoms