This handbook examines pediatric consultation-liaison psychology in
pediatric medical settings. It offers a brief history of pediatric
psychologists' delivery of consultation-liaison services. The handbook
provides an overview of roles, models, and configurations of pediatric
psychology practice in diverse inpatient and outpatient medical
settings. Chapters discuss the most frequently seen major pediatric
conditions encountered in consultation practice. Coverage includes
evaluation, intervention, and treatment of each condition. Each clinical
condition addresses the referral problem in the context of history and
family dynamics. In addition, chapters address important aspects of the
management of a consultation-liaison service and provide contextual
issues in delivering evidence-based services in hospital and medical
settings.
Topics featured in this handbook include:
- The role of assessment in the often fast-paced medical environment.
- Modifications of approaches in the context of disorders of
development.
- Consultation on pediatric gender identity.
- The presentation of child maltreatment in healthcare settings.
- The use of technological innovations in pediatric psychological
consultation.
- Important ethical considerations in consultation-liaison practice.
Clinical Handbook of Psychological Consultation in Pediatric Medical
Settings is a must-have resource for clinicians and related
professionals as well as researchers, professors, and graduate students
in pediatric and clinical child and adolescent psychology, pediatrics,
social work, developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry,
and related disciplines.
