This reference for general practitioners, trainee doctors, medical students, midwives, nurses, and health visitors offers practical guidance on common diseases, emotional problems, and developmental disorders in young children aged one to seven. Each chapter incorporates current guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), plus advice on how to manage the problem and when to refer, and lists web sites and resources for health workers. The fifth edition offers color photos and illustrations, and contains new chapters on autism, ADHD, obesity, fever, and behavioral and emotional changes, along with a chapter on changes in access to medical and social services. There is also updated and rewritten information on children with special needs, school failure, and child abuse. Valman is affiliated with Northwick Park Hospital, UK. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)