Primary care providers increasingly encounter depression and other mental disorders in children and adolescents, yet often are not trained to treat these illnesses despite the availability of effective treatments. Following an overview of historical and theoretical perspectives on these developmental stages, child and adolescent psychiatrist Shatkin (director, education and training, NYU Child Study Center) provides information and clinical studies on diagnoses from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder to sleep disorders: their clinical presentation, etiology, epidemiology, clinical course, diagnosis, and treatment. Further information on psychopharmacology for this population is appended; in regard to suicide, he believes that the good antidepressants do outweighs their risks. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less