Child and adolescent disorders

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• Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
  

  Website of the patient and family association, founded in 1980 provides excellent information for family and professionals and collaborates with prominent researchers. Paediatric anxiety disorders are extensively covered.

Autism Spectre Disorderstop

• eMedicine
  

  American site for clinical information in a variety of disciplines.  Extensive information about the pathology, case histories, physical examination, and differential diagnoses for autism in children, albeit with some emphasis on complementary representative research. eMedicine is a business with paid advertising but the text is peer reviewed and eMedicine claims that content is not influenced by its sponsors.

• National Institute of Mental Health
  

  American site with general and scientific information about autism for doctors, researchers, and and interested lay people.  The NIMH is the premier biomedical and behavioural science research institute of the American government.

• Autism Research Centre
  

  The site, a branch of Cambridge University, aims to improve communication among autism researchers. Provides information about current biomedical, diagnostic, and intervention projects of the University, as well as questionnaires available for download (CHAT, Faux Pas Test, etc.). 

Child abuse, neglect, and sexual abusetop

• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  

  A web-based learning course for the TF-CBT therapy developed by Cohen, Mannarino en Deblinger to treat children exposed to sexual abuse. Successful completion leads to a certificate.

Assessment and treatmenttop

• Screening instruments - SDQ
  

  Provides questionnaire, instructions, etc. of the Dutch version of the SDQ (Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire) in PDF format.

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  

  The 20 Practice Parameters, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The Clinical Practice topic provides abstracts of most of them.

Researchtop

• Internet Mental Health
  

  A very useful site for child and adolescent psychiatrists by the Canadian psychiatrist Phillip Long. Though Long may be using it to create interest in his commercial site, he keeps the two well separated. Within the Disorders category, each childhood disorder (ADHD, Asperger's, autism, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, separation anxiety, Tourette's) includes categorised links to the PubMed literature on the topic. 
  Also provides many other useful links, such as guidelines, information for the public, and articles from the popular press.

Patient and family associationstop

• eMedicine: Asperger's disorder
  

  American site with concise information for patients and parents, including pathology and symptoms of Asperger's disorder, as well as when to seek help and what questions to ask the doctor.
  eMedicine is a commercial enterprise. Though the fact that the texts are peer reviewed suggests that the content is not influenced by the sponsors, it is sometimes difficult to read the text between the advertisements.

• eMedicine: Autism
  

  American site with concise information for patients and parents, including the pathology and symptoms of autism, as well as when to seek help and what questions to ask the doctor.
  eMedicine is a commercial enterprise. Though the fact that the texts are peer reviewed suggests that the content is not influenced by the sponsors, it is sometimes difficult to read the text between the advertisements.

Patient educationtop

• The Royal College of Psychiatrist
  

  On this part of the website, Mental Health and Growing Up, you will find 36 Factsheets for parents, teachers and young people.  For parents and teachers there are brochures about such topics as: The restless and excitable young child; Discipline and your Child; Dealing with tantrums; and Sleep problems in childhood and adolescence. For adolescents there are brochures on: Coping with Stress; Serious mental illness; Depression in children and young people; Worries about weight; and Child and adolescent psychiatrists - how they can help.

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