Child and adolescent

Handouts

Each handout is designed for one or more MRCPsych exam papers as indicated in the table below. There is an overlap in the knowledge required for the different papers so a handout may be more useful than indicated.

P1	P2	P3	CASC	Updated
				15 Feb 2010	Sleep disorders in early childhood
				15 Feb 2010	Eating disorders in early childhood
				15 Feb 2010	Attachment disorders
				15 Feb 2010	Emotional disorders in early childhood
				15 Feb 2010	Pervasive developmental disorders
				15 Feb 2010	Language problems
				15 Feb 2010	Enuresis and encopresis
				15 Feb 2010	Somatisation in children
				15 Feb 2010	Hyperkinetic disorders
				15 Feb 2010	Conduct disorder
				15 Feb 2010	Tics
				15 Feb 2010	Gender identity disorder in children
				15 Feb 2010	Suicide in children
				15 Feb 2010	Psychosis in children
				15 Feb 2010	Miscellaneous childhood disorders

National guidance

Below are links to useful guidelines on this topic. Clicking on a document title will open a new window on the external website. Access to some documents may be restricted. Access to these articles is not part of any Superego Cafe subscription.

• Guidance on when to suspect child maltreatment
  NICE 2009
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Diagnosis and management of ADHD in children, young people and adults
  NICE 2008
• Conduct disorder in children - parent-training/education programmes
  NICE 2006
• The management of bipolar disorder in adults, children and adolescents, in primary and secondary care
  NICE 2006
• CR136. Psychiatric services for adolescents and adults with Asperger syndrome and other autistic-spectrum disorders
  RCPsych 2006
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Journal articles

Below are links to useful journal articles on this topic. This list is not meant to be exhaustive - priority is given to review or educational articles. Clicking on an article title will open a new window on the journal's official website. You may need to subscribe to the journal in order to access the full text of the article. Access to these articles is not part of any Superego Cafe subscription.

• Developmental dyslexia: an overview
  APT - Jul 2010
• Autism, ethnicity and maternal immigration
  BJPsych - Apr 2010
• Evaluating psychological treatments for children with autism-spectrum disorders
  APT - Mar 2010
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults
  APT - Mar 2010
• MMR vaccine and autism
  BMJ - Feb 2010
• More articles ...