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Dennis Cantwell was born on February 28, 1940, in East St. Louis, United States.
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This book presents what is known about the hyperactive child syndrome. It describes the clinical picture, epidemiology and classification of the syndrome, the natural history and prognosis of the syndrome, and how to evaluate a child referred for hyperactivity. It covers the major research areas, genetic, neurophysiologic and biochemical, and covers the main treatment modalities.
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The first two books in this series on Child Behavior and Development dealt with the Hyperactive Child Syndrome (Attention Deficit Disorder) and with Infantile Autism. These are two of the most investigated and best established syndromes in child psychiatry. Affective disorders, that is depressions and manias, are probably the most investigated and best established syndromes in adult psychiatry. However, it is only recently that investigators have turned their attention to depressions and manias in children and adolescents. Focusing on clinical, research, and management aspects, this present monograph is an attempt to collect in one place much of what we know about depression and mania in children and adolescents. The first section deals with the phenomenology of affective disorders in children and adolescents. Issues regarding classification and diagnostic criteria are reviewed and case studies are presented. The second section deals with the issues of alternative forms of depression and relates common school-related problems to affective disorders. The third section on assessment discusses various assessment instruments in some detail. The fourth section on possible etiologic factors concentrates on those biologic areas that are the subject of most of the etiologic research at the present time. Likewise, the last section on management deals with those therapeutic interventions which have been the subject of the most intense research in this-area.
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The weight of the psychiatric literature suggests that children with speech-language disorders are an at-risk group for emotional and behavioural problems. In addition, a number of childhood psychiatric syndromes and delays in psychomotor function are characterized by speech-language dysfunctions. This work explores the disorders that cause speech/language dysfunctions, the sequelae of these dysfunctions, the prevalence and types of psychiatric disorders in children with speech/language dysfunction, and the correlation between the presence of psychiatric disorders and the type of speech/language disturbance.
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Professionals concerned with linguistically-impaired children have long recognized the broad range of disturbances associated with language disorders. The global nature and severity of the difficulties faced by these children is evidenced by the variety of professionals who often become involved with their treatment. Yet, despite the many ramifications of language impairment, no book until now has dealt with speech and language disorders from a psychiatric perspective. Representing a decade of fruitful collaboration between a psycholinguist and a child psychiatrist, Developmental Speech and Language Disorders provides clinically useful information in a uniquely accessible format. This book first outlines the course of normal speech and language development, then provides a complete review of assessment methods to diagnose childhood syndromes involving language. Although clinically oriented, the volume does not focus so much on ``how to'' assess, diagnose, and treat language impaired children, but rather ``how to approach'' observation, selection of assessment procedures, interpretation of assessment results, differential diagnosis, and the establishment of treatment goals. The initial three chapters present a complete introduction to speech and language disorders. Case illustrations then follow graphically illustrate the evaluation of presenting complaints, the fashioning of diagnoses, and establishment of appropriate treatment plans. Interventions discussed include parent language stimulation, types of speech-language therapy, methods of facilitating educational achievement, and psychiatric interventions. Special tables provide quick reference to major developmental milestones and handy ``signals'' of speech and language disorders. This volume brings to clinicians from all backgrounds a framework for interdisciplinary integration of speech and language disorders. For universal accessibility, the terminology used in the book accommodates the fields of speech/language pathology, psychology, and psychiatry as well as related areas in medicine and education. Professionals in any of these fields who deal with linguistically impaired children will find Developmental Speech and Language Disorders to be a highly readable and eminently useful clinical tool. Professionals concerned with linguistically-impaired children have long recognized the broad range of disturbances associated with language disorders. The global nature and severity of the difficulties faced by these children is evidenced by the variety of professionals who often become involved with their treatment. Yet, despite the many ramifications of language impairment, no book until now has dealt with speech and language disorders from a psychiatric perspective. Representing a decade of fruitful collaboration between a psycholinguist and a child psychiatrist, Developmental Speech and Language Disorders provides clinically useful information in a uniquely accessible format. This book first outlines the course of normal speech and language development, then provides a complete review of assessment methods to diagnose childhood syndromes involving language. Although clinically oriented, the volume does not focus so much on ``how to'' assess, diagnose, and treat language impaired children, but rather ``how to approach'' observation, selection of assessment procedures, interpretation of assessment results, differential diagnosis, and the establishment of treatment goals. The initial three chapters present a complete introduction to speech and language disorders. Case illustrations then follow graphically illustrate the evaluation of presenting complaints, the fashioning of diagnoses, and establishment of appropriate treatment plans. Interventions discussed include parent language stimulation, types of speech-language therapy, methods of facilitating educational achievement, and psychiatric interventions. Special tables provide quick reference to major developmental milestones and handy ``signals'' of speech and language disorders. This volume brings to clinicians from all backgrounds a framework for interdisciplinary integration of speech and language disorders. For universal accessibility, the terminology used in the book accommodates the fields of speech/language pathology, psychology, and psychiatry as well as related areas in medicine and education. Professionals in any of these fields who deal with linguistically impaired children will find Developmental Speech and Language Disorders to be a highly readable and eminently useful clinical tool.
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Dennis Cantwell was born on February 28, 1940, in East St. Louis, United States.
Cantwell was educated at the University of Notre Dame, earning bachelor's degree from it in 1961. He studied at the Washington University School of Medicine and became Doctor of Medicine in 1965.
Cantwell began his career in 1966, when he became an intern at the University of California. One year later he moved to the Washington University, serving there as a resident in psychiatry. From 1970 till 1971 Dennis was a fellow in child psychiatry at the University of California in Los Angeles.
One more year later he moved to the faculty position at the University of California at Los Angeles. That same year he became director residency training in child psychiatry at University of California at Los Angeles, holding that position for 6 years. Also from 1972 till 1991 he was a director of residency training at the Neuropsychiatric Institute.
Cantwell served as co-editor of Child Psychiatry Newsletter from 1972 to 1973, was a member of the editorial board of Manual on Terminology and Classification in Mental Retardation, and a book reviewer for the American Journal of Psychiatry, the Psychiatric Annals, and U.A.F. Bibliography in Mental Retardation.
From 1978 till 1980 Cantwell served as a professor of child psychiatry at the University of California at Los Angeles.
There, Cantwell brought an organized, clinical approach to treating communication and behavior disorders among children and teenagers. His writings on the subject include contributions to The Community Mental Health Center: Strategies and Programs, Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development, The Child Psychiatrist as Clinical Investigator, and Studies on Childhood Psychiatric and Psychological Problems. He also edited The Hyperactive Child: Diagnosis, Management and Current Research, and wrote (with P. E. Tanguay) Basic Clinical Child Psychiatry: A Textbook for Medical Students and Students in Allied Disciplines.
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1975Cantwell married Susan Cantwell.