Written for practicing pediatric and family nurse practitioners, and PNP and FNP students, this pediatric primary care text expands on the crucial role of the healthcare provider to assess, identify, and intercept potential behavioral health problems.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Foreword - Judith Haber, PhD, APRN, FAAN
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• SECTION I: INTERCEPTING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
• 1 Intercepting Behavioral Health Problems: A Conceptual Model - Donna Hallas
• 2 Brain Development and Compelling Outcomes of Ineffective Parent–Child Bonding - Emily Schadt
• 3 Psychotropic Medications for Children and Adolescents - Erica D. Kierce
• 4 Social Determinants of Health and Effect on Behavioral Development - Julie Baldyga
• 5 Intercepting Stress and Behavioral Health Issues: Building Resiliency in Children - Mary Weglarz, Eileen Corcoran, Deborah Gutter, Nina B. Colabelli
• SECTION II: INFANT POPULATION
• 6 Identifying and Intercepting Behavioral Health Problems in Infancy - Donna Hallas
• 7 Infant Depression - Donna Hallas
• 8 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - LeAnne Elizabeth Rohlf
• 9 Case Study: Failure to Thrive or Child Abuse - James T. Mulholland, Stephanie Brown, Paula Barbel
• 10 Identifying and Intercepting Behavioral Health Problems in Children With Inborn Errors of Metabolism - Bobbie Salveson
• 11 Case Study: Infant Colic - Kimberly Cifelli, Caroline Bourassa, Amanda Neilan, Kelsey Heiner, Kristen Hay
• SECTION III: TODDLER POPULATION
• 12 Physical, Emotional, Social, and Behavioral Development of Toddlers - Mary Koslap-Petraco
• 13 Recognizing and Intercepting Problems During Toilet Training - Audra N. Rankin
• 14 Autism, Global Developmental Delays, and Genetic Syndromes - Nancy Kramer
• 15 Challenging Behaviors: Sleep Disorders in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Shayleigh K. Dickson
• 16 Toddler Impulsive Behaviors: A Case Study - Alexandra Barber, Amelia Burke, Maura Coburn, Jennifer Kiehl, Alexandra Laurenzano
• SECTION IV: PRESCHOOLER POPULATION
• 17 Intercepting Behavioral Health Problems in Preschool-Age Children - Jane A. Fox, Traci R. Bramlett
• 18 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Coexisting Disorders - Susan R. Opas
• 19 Onychophagia: A Case Study of Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior - Elizabeth Mandel, Yini Kong, Isabel Gonzalez
• SECTION V: SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION
• 20 Behavioral Health Assessment: School-Age Children - Katie Pink Tolley
• 21 Bullying and Other Behavioral Problems at School - Sally S. Cohen, James J. Weidel
• 22 Social Media and Behavioral Health: Normal and Abnormal Behaviors - Mary M. Rock
• SECTION VI: ADOLESCENT POPULATION
• 23 Identifying and Intercepting Behavioral Health Problems in Adolescents - Jeanette F. Green
• 24 Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents - Julie Schreiner
• 25 Neurological and Psychiatric Mental Health Disorder - Ingrid G. Cook
• 26 Neurological Disorders: Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Tourette Syndrome - Beth Heuer
• 27 Care Management of Adolescents With Autistic Spectrum Disorder in Residential Treatment Centers - Therese W. Harrison
• 28 Case Study: Adolescent With a Substance Use Disorder - Katelyn Dalina, Mary Elizabeth Katinas, Samar Mohsen Ashmawi, Donna Hallas
• SECTION VII: CHILD POPULATION
• 29 Child Behaviors Within Military Families - Jennifer Hensley
• 30 Child Abuse: Intercepting Behavioral Health Issues - Mary Weglarz, Eileen Corcoran, Deborah Gutter, Paula Barbel, Stephanie Brown, James T. Mulholland, Nina B. Colabelli
• 31 Foster Care Children: Intercepting Behavioral Health Issues - Mary Weglarz, Eileen Corcoran, Deborah Gutter, Nina B. Colabelli
• 32 Toxic Stress - Hillary Fairbanks
• 33 Trauma-Informed Care: Responding to Childhood Trauma - Mary Weglarz, Nina B. Colabelli, Deborah Gutter, Eileen Corcoran
• 34 Supporting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender Child or Adolescent - Caroline Dorsen, Miles Harris, Shyvon Paul
• 35 Holistic Care, Integrative Medicine, and Behavioral Health - Emily Schadt