Description:
Both interdisciplinary and international in scope, Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry delivers an expansive overview of the current state of the field, covering the latest research, advancements and technological developments. This Seventh Edition has undergone an extensive revision process, including a comprehensive review of chapter outlines and two stages of critical review for each full chapter by the editorial team. In this edition, each author provides short video clips to give a taste of their chapter along with instructor slides for teaching and training.
New chapters cover changes in science and the needs of children around the world, global threats including COVID-19, wars, and natural disasters, care in low-resource settings, diversity in relation to gender and sexual orientation and body dysmorphic disorder, as well as digital technology, detailing the growing interest in digital approaches to assessment and intervention