8 Adolescent Development
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7 Development of the school-age child
6-12 yo * Spans the age from when a child enters primary school through the onset of adolescence. * The… Read More »
6 Development of the Preschool Child
ages 3-5 * We can break down the basic areas of preschool development as the following categories: Language learning Thinking and… Read More »
5 Infant and Toddler Development
It may seem that psychiatry is about disorders. And it is. But no understanding of ‘the abnormal’ is possible without without… Read More »
4 General Ideas about Families
Possible Questions for the Initial Appointment Most often we think of individuals as individuals. A family perspective is seeing the… Read More »
3 History of the Present Problems
We are asked o evaluate cases at some point in the life of the patient. At that particular moment in… Read More »
2 Presenting Problems
All evaluations start with one or several concerns or reasons for the referral. Sometimes the main issue is new, while other… Read More »
1 General Principles of Interviewing
Most of us, when we start interviewing clients, we focus more on the interview as content. As a set of specific… Read More »
0 Introduction
As a quick Google search can confirm, psychiatry as a word, comes from two Greek words: psukhe (soul, mind) and iatrea… Read More »