A Guide to Psychiatric Services in Schools

This text provides the practical information to school professionals that is necessary to meet the educational and treatment needs of students with different psychiatric diagnoses.

Shawna S. Brent, MD, is a Board Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who has been in practice for ten years. She completed medical school at Temple University School of Medicine and her psychiatric training at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Allegheny University Hospital. Her clinical work includes providing psychiatric evaluations, out patient therapy, and medication management. She has been working collaboratively with schools in Central Pennsylvania for most of her career. Over the past two years, she has been providing psychiatric consultation directly in a public school Therapeutic Emotional Support Classroom and in a local Intermediate Unit.

Introduction to Psychiatry in Schools. Psychiatric Evaluation and Formulation. Psychiatric Roles. Psychopharmacology. Disruptive Behavior Disorders. Mood Disorders. Anxiety Disorders. Psychotic Disorders. Eating Disorders. Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Treating Target Symptoms. Medicating Children. Mental Health Crises.