Download or read book Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Advances and New Directions written by Paul L. Adams and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1998-02-13 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains an overview of the history of the field of child psychiatry and examines contemporary issues facing child and adolescent psychiatrists, including the roles that changing family dynamics, multi-culturalism, new technologies, play in children's development, specialized applications such as forensic psychiatry; and insurance-related, ethical and administrative issues that affect child psychiatrists' practices.