The course aims to familiarize students with the common mental disorders of children, especially in preschool and primary school age. It emphasizes to the clinical features of autism, mental retardation, ADHD and learning disorders, anxiety disorders, eating and sleeping problems, etc.
The course is also related to issues of Social Child and Adolescent Psychiatry such as abuse and neglect, bereavement, divorce, adoption and the impact of chronic diseases in the psycho-emotional development of children.