Description First, Infant Development is discussed. Then there are two articles on assessment in early childhood psychiatry: Psychiatric assessment,
and Assessment of the caregiver-child relationship in early childhood psychiatry. Early Childhood Mental Health Problems are discussed
next, such as Internalizing, Trauma and PTSD, Preschool Disruptive Behavior and ADHD (as viewed through a developmental lens), Pervasive
Developmental Disorders, and Parental Psychopathology. In the next section, Early Childhood Specific Treatment Modalities are reviewed:
Interventions for Behavioral Problems, Interventions for trauma--exposed dyads: Infant – Parent Psychotherapy and Child – Parent Psychotherapy,
Video feedback in parent-infant treatment, Psychosocial interventions with biological effects: Bucharest Early Intervention Project,
and Psychopharmacological interventions in preschoolers. Finally, Models of Care are proposed.
