The Classification of Child and Adolescent Mental Diagnoses in Primary Care: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Primary Care (Dsm-PC) Child

A resource for child and adolescent health care professionals, this manual is organized to provide easy access to the classification system through a number of approaches including diagnosis list, child manifestation list, complaint list, and an index. The text provides a framework for evaluating psychosocial issues; helps in labelling and identifying childhood psychosocial problems; provides a differential diagnosis of both physical and mental disorders for psychosocial problems; contains lists presenting symptoms by which appropriate diagnoses can be made; and includes user friendly charts and text.