Psychiatric Hospitalization of School-Age Children

by Richard Dalton, Marc Forman, M.D. Forman, Marc A.

The psychiatric hospitalisation of the school-age child - from making the initial decision to planning treatment to providing for aftercare - is fraught with potential pitfalls. In this guidebook, the special needs of children ages 6-12 are balanced against the stark realities of hospitalisation. The authors address the key issues facing clinicians. Is hospitalisation the best course for a particular patient? When are psychological and/or laboratory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880484241
• ISBN13: 9780880484244
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing
• Length: 203 Pages