Contributors
Preface
Introduction: Our Conceptualization of the Cases
Acknowledgments

PART I: Classic Cases
Chapter 1. Trouble Paying Attention: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Chapter 2. Trouble With Transitions: Does My Child Have Autism?
Chapter 3. Living in Her Parents' Shadow: Separation Anxiety Disorder
Chapter 4. Chatterbox at Home: Selective Mutism
Chapter 5. Everything Bothers Her: Major Depressive Disorder
Chapter 6. Excessively Silly: Bipolar Disorder
Chapter 7. Life of the Party: Chronic Marijuana Use
Chapter 8. Jerking Movements: An Adolescent With Psychosis
Chapter 9. She Just Won't Eat a Thing: Anorexia Nervosa
Chapter 10. I Just Can't Stop: Tourette's Disorder
Chapter 11. He's Always Exhausted: Disordered Sleep in an Adolescent

PART II: Comorbid Complexity
Chapter 12. Stealing the Car: Disruptive Behavior in an Adolescent
Chapter 13. Zero Tolerance: Threats to Harm a Teacher in Elementary School
Chapter 14. Anxious Adolescent in the Emergency Department: Misuse of Prescription Medications
Chapter 15. The Worried Child: A Child With Multiple Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 16. Affective Storms: A Careful Assessment of Rage Attacks
Chapter 17. Struggling in School: Language and Reading Difficulties
Chapter 18. Abdominal Pain in a Child With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

PART III: Toughest Cases
Chapter 19. Frequent Tantrums: Oppositional Behavior in a Young Child
Chapter 20. Toddler With Temper Tantrums: A Careful Assessment of a Dysregulated Preschool Child
Chapter 21. Won't Leave His Room: Clinical High Risk for Developing Psychosis
Chapter 22. Cutting Helps Me Feel Better: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
Chapter 23. From Foster Care to the State Hospital: Psychotic Symptoms in a Child Who Is Victim of Neglect

PART IV: Kids in Crisis
Chapter 24. Suicidal Ideation After Supervised Visits With Biological Mom: Depressed Mood in a Child in Foster Care
Chapter 25. The Legacy of War: Irritability and Anger in an Adolescent Refugee
Chapter 26. Moody Child: Depression in the Context of Parental Divorce
Chapter 27. Without My Mom, I'm Not Me: Childhood Bereavement
Chapter 28. Never Met a Stranger: Disinhibited Attachment in a Toddler

PART V: Diagnostic and Treatment Decision-Making
Chapter 29. Diagnostic Decision-Making
Chapter 30. Research and Clinical Perspectives on Diagnostic and Treatment Decision-Making: Whence the Future?

Index