This handbook examines pediatric consultation-liaison psychology in pediatric medical settings. It offers a brief history of pediatric psychologists' delivery of consultation-liaison services. The handbook provides an overview of roles, models, and configurations of pediatric psychology practice in diverse inpatient and outpatient medical settings. Chapters discuss the most frequently seen major pediatric conditions encountered in consultation practice. Coverage includes evaluation, intervention, and treatment of each condition. Each clinical condition addresses the referral problem in the context of history and family dynamics. In addition, chapters address important aspects of the management of a consultation-liaison service and provide contextual issues in delivering evidence-based services in hospital and medical settings.

Topics featured in this handbook include:

• The role of assessment in the often fast-paced medical environment.
• Modificationsof approaches in the context of disorders of development.
• Consultation on pediatric gender identity.
• The presentation of child maltreatment in healthcare settings.
• The use of technological innovations in pediatric psychological consultation.
• Important ethical considerations in consultation-liaison practice. Clinical Handbook of Psychological Consultation in Pediatric Medical Settings is a must-have resource for clinicians and related professionals as well as researchers, professors, and graduate students in pediatric and clinical child and adolescent psychology, pediatrics, social work, developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, and related disciplines.

Examines roles, models, and configurations of pediatric psychology practice in diverse inpatient and outpatient medical settings Details systems factors unique in various settings Reviews major pediatric conditions encountered in consultation practice Describes basic steps and skills for managing referrals, conducting problem-focused assessments, and planning intervention strategies in social and medical care settings

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Bryan D. Carter, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is the Service Chief of the Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Service to Norton Children's Hospital (formerly Kosair Children's Hospital) and Director of Training for the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Psychology with the University of Louisville SOM. Dr. Carter received his Ph.D. in Clinical Child Psychology from the University of Virginia, predoctoral residency at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio, and postdoctoral fellowship in Pediatric Psychology at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine. He is a recipient of the Carolyn D. Schroeder Clinical Practice Award given by American Psychological Association Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) for nationally recognized excellence, innovation and leadership in the clinical practice of pediatric psychology and was co-founder of the Consultation-Liaison Special Interest Group for Division 54.  He is the developer of the Children's Health & Illness Recovery Program (CHIRP) and senior author of the CHIRP Clinician Handbook and CHIRP Teen and Family Workbook (Oxford University Press Treatments That Work series), a manualized treatment program for maximizing functional independence in adolescents coping with the challenges of chronic illness. Dr. Carter has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters related to his interests in pediatric psychology, CL and chronic pediatric illness and injury.  Kristin A. Kullgren, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Michigan School of Medicine and C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Dr. Kullgren is also a faculty member in the University of Michigan Center for Human Growth and Development. She completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Georgia State University, her pre-doctoral internship inPediatric Psychology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and post-doctoral fellowship in Pediatric Psychology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Kullgren is the director of the pediatric psychology consultation-liaison service at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Dr. Kullgren is the past co-chair of the Consultation-Liaison Special Interest Group for Division 54. She has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters on consultation-liaison practice and the impact of chronic illness on youth and families. ****

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Section 1: Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychology: Models, Roles, Settings, and Practice .- Chapter 1. Introduction to the Clinical Handbook of Pediatric Psychology Consultation in Pediatric Medical Settings.- Chapter 2. Pediatric Consultation-Liaison: Models and Roles in Pediatric Psychology.- Chapter 3. Systems Issues and Considerations.- Chapter 4. Hospitalization and Its Impact: Stressors Associated with Inpatient Hospitalization for the Child and Family.- Chapter 5. Medical Subspecialty Clinic Consultation-Liaison.- Chapter 6. Models of Consultation in Primary Care Settings.- Chapter 7. A Short Course in Medicine for the Consulting Pediatric Psychologist: Essential Knowledge for the Non-Physician Clinician.- Chapter 8. Collaborating with Psychosocial Colleagues in the Hospital Setting.- Chapter 9. Collaborating with Child Psychiatry.- Chapter 10. Consultation-Liaison Psychologists' Role in Medical Education.- Chapter 11. Assessment in Pediatric Psychology Consultation-Liaison.- Section 2: Clinical Conditions and Interventions .- Chapter 12. The Problem of Pain: Acute Pain and Procedures.- Chapter 13. The Problem of Pain: Chronic Pain.- Chapter 14. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders.- Chapter 15. Rumination Syndrome.- Chapter 16. Organic Gastrointestinal Disorders.- Chapter 17. Eating Disorders and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder.- Chapter 18. Pediatric Feeding Disorders.- Chapter 19. Trauma and Intensive Care.- Chapter 20. Pediatric Rehabilitation Psychology.- Chapter 21. Burn Injuries.- Chapter 22. Neonatal Intensive Care.- Chapter 23. Pediatric Oncology.- Chapter 24. Diabetes.- Chapter 25. Cystic Fibrosis.- Chapter 26. Sickle Cell Disease.- Chapter 27. Psychological Consultation in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation.- Section 3: Cross-Cutting Issues in Consultation-LiaisonPractice .- Chapter 28. Developmental Considerations in Consultation-Liaison Psychology.- Chapter 29. Disruptive Behavior and Noncompliance.- Chapter 30. Distressed Parents and Family Issues.- Chapter 31. Psychiatric Emergencies: Self-Harm, Suicidality, Homicidal Behavior, Addiction, and Substance Abuse.- Chapter 32. Treatment Adherence within Consultation-Liaison Services.- Chapter 33. Pediatric Gender Identity: Consultation on Matters of Identity, Transgender Concerns, and Disorders/differences of Sex Development.- Chapter 34. The Presentation of Child Maltreatment in Healthcare Settings.- Chapter 35. Munchausen by Proxy & Pediatric Factitious Disorder Imposed on Self.- Chapter 36. Pediatric Palliative Care.- Chapter 37. Technological Innovations in Pediatric Psychological Consultation.- Chapter 38. Advocacy in Pediatric Psychological Consultation.