Child Psychiatry
,• Childhood disorders of psychological
development and behavioural and emotional
disorders with onset usually occuring in
childhood and adolescence .
, classification
• Specific deveolpmental disorders
• Perversive developmental disorders
• Hyperkinetic disorders
• Conduct disorders
• Tic disorders
• Enuresis and encopresis
• Speech disorders
• Habit disoders
, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Differences of Child psychiatry from adult psychiatry:
• The child’s existence and emotional development
depends on the family or care givers - cooperation with
family members; sometimes written consent
• The developmental stages are very important
assessment of the diagnosis
• Use of psychopharmacotherapy is less common in
comparison to adult psychiatry
• Children are less able to express themselves in words
• The child who suffers by psychiatric problems in
childhood can be an emotionally stable person in
adulthood, but some of the psychic disturbances can
change a whole life of the child and his family
,• Childhood disorders of psychological
development and behavioural and emotional
disorders with onset usually occuring in
childhood and adolescence .
, classification
• Specific deveolpmental disorders
• Perversive developmental disorders
• Hyperkinetic disorders
• Conduct disorders
• Tic disorders
• Enuresis and encopresis
• Speech disorders
• Habit disoders
, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Differences of Child psychiatry from adult psychiatry:
• The child’s existence and emotional development
depends on the family or care givers - cooperation with
family members; sometimes written consent
• The developmental stages are very important
assessment of the diagnosis
• Use of psychopharmacotherapy is less common in
comparison to adult psychiatry
• Children are less able to express themselves in words
• The child who suffers by psychiatric problems in
childhood can be an emotionally stable person in
adulthood, but some of the psychic disturbances can
change a whole life of the child and his family
