Differential Diagnosis in Pediatric Neuropsychiatry: Complex Case Studies provides basic diagnosis and treatment tactics, along with the tools that clinicians need to perform both a psychiatric and neurological consultation, including differential diagnoses and questions to ask. Readers are then offered the neuropsychiatric details of the particular illness that has afflicted sample patients, along with treatment guidelines offered to said patient and their parents. Cases presented include the following topics: Absence Seizures, ESES, Myotonic Dystrophy, Adrenal Leukodystrophy, ADHD with Comorbidities, Wilsons Disease, ASD, Schizophrenia, Astrocytoma with Hypoactive Delirium, Systemic Lupus Erythematous, Traumatic Brain Injury, OCD, Tourettes, Klein Levin Syndrome, and more.
- Presents the most complexes cases in pediatric neuropsychiatry
- Reviews the neuroimaging and neuropsychological tests for each case
- Highlights the difficulties in conveying the complexity of the diagnosis to patients and families and provides strategies for clinicians
- Provides reviews of pertinent literature from both neurological and psychiatric perspectives to discussed cases
- Includes questions at the end of each chapter on the illness and closely related conditions
1. Introduction
Part I. My child cannot pay attention
2. Jared cannot pay attention and has been misbehaving
3. Johnny spaces out all the time
4. "Danny is having difficulty concentrating and is not motivated to do any
of his school work
Part II. My Child is Acting Strangely
5. Ruth is yelling at people who are not there
6. Jacob thinks we are trying to kill him
7. Sam is saying strange things
8. Brian is hearing voices
Part III. My child wont get out of bed
9. Melissa wont leave her room
10. Lynette wont move or speak to us
Part IV. My child cannot control his temper
11. Danielle has been having so many tantrums
12. Sara has been having aggressive outbursts
13. We all have to walk on eggshells around Tony
Ayol Samuels works in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA David Myland Kaufman, MD, Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Director of Neurology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA Audrey Walker M.D. is a child and adolescent psychiatrist with an interest in pediatric psychosomatic medicine, pediatric integrated behavioral care and medical student education in psychiatry. Dr Walker is the division chief and program director in child and adolescent psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. Dr Walker is also director of medical student education in psychiatry at Einstein/Montefiore.Dr Walker triple boarded in neurology and psychiatry , child and adolescent psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine and is a fellow in the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr Walker completed her psychiatric residency and fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center after receiving her M.D.degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and her B.A. with honors from Harvard University. Dr Walker has published and presented at national meetings in the areas of pediatric psychosomatic medicine and medical student education in psychiatry.
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