Neuropsychiatric Care for Genetic Syndromes and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders: What Every Clinician Needs to Know (Original PDF from Publisher)

Neuropsychiatric Care for Genetic Syndromes and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders: What Every Clinician Needs to Know

Compared to the general population, children and adults with developmental disabilities are more likely to experience behavioral issues and psychiatric comorbidities, and a number of neurodevelopmental diseases are linked to specific neuropsychiatric ailments. The clinical presentation of these disorders may differ from that observed in the general population due to linguistic and cognitive variations. Additionally, there are no evidence-based therapy guidelines and very little research on treatment strategies for psychiatric comorbidities in these patients. The neurodevelopmental problems in this book are often linked to both common and relatively different psychiatric co-morbidities throughout the lifespan.

An overview, symptoms of common psychiatric co-morbidities, assessment techniques, psychosocial and biological treatments, and common medical co-morbidities that the clinician should be aware of in order to select safe and appropriate pharmacotherapy are all covered in each chapter, which focuses on a different neurodevelopmental disorder.

The practicing doctor typically does not come across enough cases during training or clinical practice to become comfortable and knowledgeable in each of these disorders because many of them are rather uncommon. Additionally, there are no readily available guidelines for evidence-based treatment. With a clinical expert’s approach to diagnosis and treatment, this concise and useful resource closes a gap in the literature by providing an overview of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders in one place.