Clinical casebook: child and adolescent mental health (1.5 CPD hours)
04 February 2014
ARTICLE ONLY
FULL CPD MODULE
This module uses four case histories to update GPs on the management of childhood mental health including:
- The symptoms and signs that are suggestive of a child sniffing glue
- The short- and long-term dangers associated with glue sniffing
- Clinical and ethical issues posed by the request that an adolescent be ‘tested for drugs’
- The prevalence of anxiety-based disorders in adolescent children
- CBT for childhood and adolescent anxiety or depression
- The prevalence of depression
- How you can encourage engagement of the child with medical services
- The key features to look for in a child presenting with possible autism
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