Behavioral Health Advisor Pediatric Index
Topics followed by * (asterisk) are available in Spanish. Brief versions of topics have a reading level no higher than 4th grade.
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Obesity -- See Overweight
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
overview
resource list
OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)
Only child in family, resource list
Oppositional defiant disorder
Overweight
body mass index (BMI), chart for calculating *
resource list
weight loss for teens
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Pacifiers for babies
Panic attacks
Panic disorder
Parental relationships, resource list
Parenting
adoption
anger management
communicating with teens
day care, helping your child adjust
divorce, helping children cope *
leaving children home alone
mother working outside the home, advice for *
moving, helping child adjust
new father *
new mother *
preparing for adolescence
problem behaviors in children and teens
problems of early parenthood
remarriage, helping children cope
resource lists
divorce
family relationships
general
moving
parental relationships
sibling of newborn
working parents
sex education for young children
sexually abused child
sibling rivalry with newborn *
single parenting
stepparenting
talking about drinking and drugs
talking about mental illness
talking about sex
toddler discipline
Peer pressure
Pelvis, illustration
female *
male *
Pervasive developmental disorder
Asperger syndrome
autism *
childhood disintegrative disorder
overview *
resource list
Rett's disorder
Pets
benefits and concerns
death of, resource list
mistreating
Phonological disorder
Physical abuse
(see also Sexual abuse)
effects of family violence on children
overview
parenting sexually abused child
Physical disability, resource list
Physical fighting and spitting
Physical punishment *
Physician visits
comforting your child
making visits easier
resource list
Pica
Play
independent play
social play
Play therapy
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Pregnancy, teen
Preschool
preparing for the first day
resource list
Prevention
aggressive behavior
spoiled children
Problem behaviors in children and teens
Pseudostuttering *
Psychological evaluation and testing
Psychotherapy
cognitive-behavioral
exposure and response prevention
family
how to choose a therapist
music
play
treatment options
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
Public places
rules and discipline for misbehavior
teaching good behavior
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Quality time with your child
Quarrels, sibling
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R-rated movies
Reactive attachment disorder
Reading
selecting books (based on age)
suggested reading activities
Reading disability
(see also Learning disabilities)
dyslexia
resource list
Rebellion, adolescent *
Recognizing drug abuse in kids
Redirecting a child's activities
Relationships and teens
Remarriage
helping children cope
stepparenting
Resource list
adjusting to school
adoption
anger
attention deficit disorder
autism
bed-wetting
blanket/toy attachment
child abuse
crying baby
death
death of a grandparent
death of a parent
death of pet
depression
developmental disabilities
dishonesty
divorce
doctor visits
eating disorders
entering school
family relationships
fear of animals
fear of storms
fear of the dark
fear of water
fears, general
friends, dilemmas
friends, imaginary
friends, making
gifted child
grandparents
hearing loss
jealousy
middle sibling
moving
oldest sibling
only child
overweight child
parental relationships
parenting
physical disability
preschool
reading disability
self-esteem
separation anxiety
sex education
sharing
short height
shyness
sibling of newborn
sibling rivalry
sleep problems
speech problems
stepparenting
substance abuse
tall height
thumbsucking
toilet training
working parents
youngest sibling
Restaurant, with a baby
Rett's disorder
Rewards for motivating children
Routine, keeping when a child is seriously ill
Rumination disorder
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Safety
Internet
misbehavior
Schizophrenia in children and teens
School
(see also Learning disabilities)
adjusting
cheating
homework problems (underachiever) *
learning disabilities
phobia *
preparing for the first day
resource list
adjusting
entering
preschool and kindergarten
special-needs children
Screaming and shouting
Selective mutism
Self-calming skills
infant, how to test
toddler, teaching
Self-control
Self-esteem
guidelines for raising a child's self-esteem
resource list
teens
Self-harming behaviors in children and teens
Separation anxiety
preventing
resource list
Sex education
for young children
homosexuality
resource list
setting limits on sexual behavior
talking about HIV
talking with your teen
Sexual abuse
overview
parenting sexually abused child
protecting children
complete version
Sexual behavior, setting limits
Sharing, resource list
Shyness
fear of talking (selective mutism)
resource list
social anxiety disorder
Sibling
(see also Sibling rivalry)
fighting
mistreating
of newborn
resource list
rivalry *
while mother is in hospital
quarrels
Sibling rivalry
resource list
with newborn *
Single parenting
Sleep
normal sleep in children
overview of sleep disorders
problems
bedtime refusal *
colic
brief version *
complete version
night terrors *
nightmares *
resource list
sleepwalking *
Sleepwalking *
Smearing of fecal material
Smoking
Social anxiety disorder/social phobia
Social play
Soiling
diary for data collection
chart
toilet training resistance or refusal *
Spanking *
Special-needs children and school
Speech problems
book list
communication disorders
speech and language disorders
stuttering *
Spending quality time with your child
Spitting
Spoiled children, prevention of
Sports and children
Stealing
conduct disorder
general guidelines
Stepparenting
general guidelines
Stools
(see also Soiling)
smearing of
Storms, fear of, resource list
Stress
adjustment disorder
overview
post-traumatic stress disorder
Stubborn toddler *
Stuttering
book list
overview *
Substance abuse
cocaine
recognizing abuse in kids
resource list
teenage drinking
tobacco and smoking
treatment
Suicide
overview
resource list
Swearing
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Talking
about drinking and drugs
about HIV
about mental illness
about sex
communication with your child
communication with your teen
fear of (selective mutism)
Teen drinking
Teen driving
Teen pregnancy
Teens
adolescent rebellion *
bedwetting (enuresis)
communication
coping with the death of a loved one
drinking
driving
guns
headaches
healthy love relationships
homosexuality
oppositional defiant disorder
pregnancy
preparation for parents
self-esteem
talking about HIV
talking about sex
tobacco and smoking
treatment for substance abuse
weight reduction
Television
movies, fear from
reducing the negative impact *
Temper tantrums
overview *
teaching your child coping skills
Testing an infant's self-calming skills
Therapy
cognitive-behavioral
exposure and response prevention
family
how to choose a therapist
music
play
treatment options
Threats
responding to threats and hurtful comments
Thumbsucking
book list
general guidelines *
habit reversal training
Tic disorders
Tics
habit reversal training
overview
Tourette's syndrome
Time-out
guidelines when time-out doesn't seem to work *
technique for discipline *
Tobacco and smoking
Toddler discipline
Toilet training
(see also Bed-wetting; Soiling)
basics *
problems, prevention of
resistance or refusal *
resource list
Tourette's syndrome
habit reversal training
overview
Toy
(see also Play)
attachment, resource list
Train travel, with a baby
Travel
with a baby
with children
Treatment options
Trichotillomania, habit reversal training
Twitches
habit reversal training
Tic disorders
Tourette's syndrome
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Underachiever, school *
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Video games
Violent behavior
family violence
oppositional defiant disorder
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Water, fear of, resource list
Weaning, reluctance or resistance *
Web-surfing safety
Weight reduction
resource list
teen version
Wetting
nighttime
brief parent version *
teen version
toilet training resistance or refusal *
Whining
Working mother *
Working parents, resource list
World Wide Web safety for kids
Written expression disorder
