The revised and updated third edition of this best-selling resource provides primary care physicians with practice-tested, condition-specific treatment recommendations for various mental and psychiatric disorders or behavioral problems in children and adolescents.Available for purchase at https://shop.aap.org/pediatric-psychopharmacology-for-primary-care-3rd-edition-paperback/
3: Making a Diagnosis
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Published:September 2021
"Making a Diagnosis", Pediatric Psychopharmacology for Primary Care, Mark A. Riddle, MD, Emily Frosch, MD, Rebecca A. Baum, MD, FAAP, Susan dosReis, PhD, Jane Meschan Foy, MD, FAAP, Cori M. Green, MD, FAAP, Lynne C. Huffman, MD, FAAP, David B. Pruitt, MD, Gloria M. Reeves, MD, Lawrence S. Wissow, MD, MPH, FAAP
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Pediatric primary care clinicians (PCCs) have extensive training and experience in diagnosing medical problems and proficiency in determining the impairment caused by children’s and adolescents’ chronic health problems and disorders. This chapter focuses on additional knowledge and skills needed to make diagnoses of pediatric mental health disorders.
This chapter consists of 5 sections.
The complexity of a mental health assessment depends on several factors, including (1) the salient symptoms that can be described by a patient and/or observed by caregivers and other informants; (2) other disorders in the differential diagnosis; (3) effect of environmental stressors, particularly related to health and...