Introduction to Primary Care Behavioral Pediatrics

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, 5th Edition is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary reference that integrates biomedical, psychological, social, and environmental perspectives on child development and behavior. Emphasizing both strengths and vulnerabilities, it guides clinicians, educators, and policy professionals in assessing, managing, and supporting children with typical and atypical development across diverse settings.

Key Features:

• Clinical focus on evaluation, counseling, treatment, and ongoing care
• Expanded coverage of human development, trauma, resilience, genetics, epigenetics, and neurological mechanisms
• Practical guidance on assessment strategies, including telehealth applications
• Management approaches for developmental, behavioral, and mental health conditions, including therapy, rehabilitative services, integrative medicine, and psychopharmacology
• Addresses socio-cultural diversity, bias, acute stress, PTSD, sexuality, and alternatives to restrictive guardianship
• Interdisciplinary perspectives from pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, therapy, speech-language pathology, and law
• Chapter-opening vignettes highlight real-world clinical relevance
• Up-to-date psychopharmacology information with key points, tables, figures, and diagrams