Assessment of the disturbed child. A holistic approach.
Referral of disturbed children and their families comes more often at the point of breakdown than before it. Signs and symptoms may occur as early as the first year of life; the family physician has one of the earliest opportunities to intervene and prevent multidetermined problems that may repeat patterns of disturbance of previous generations.
D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010821:Physicians, Family; D012017:Referral and Consultation