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This book has been written with an intention to make these masters aware thoroughly of various psychosocial behavioural and personality problems of the children. Full of practical advice and information this book answers parents queries with reassuring common sense. It is what we would term as a guide for parents and teachers providing all the confidence required right from birth to adolescence. This book will also be helpful to medical paramedical professionals and also under graduates students. To make it more understandable the book has been discussed with 19 chapters. Chapter 1explains how parents teachers and surrounding inmates help in building up of a childs personality. Various problems of habit (thumb sucking nail-biting mud eating etc) movements (head banging angerspasm tempertantrum etc) toilet training (bed-wetting facial soiling) and speech (stammering voluntary silence) are highlighted in chapter 2 3 4 & 5 respectively. In chapter 6 summarize normal sleep factors affecting it types of sleep problems and their prevention. Children often adopt various devices to attract attention of their parents as to force them to obey Chapter 7. Chapter 8 describes certain problems of children living under peculiar. Is your childs performance not up to the mark at school? Does he suffer from School phobia? Answer to these querries lie in chapter 9.Chapter 10 highlights special care and attention needed by the handicapped children. In the chapters 11 to 13 explore various factors causing the disaster but also the remedy to prevent their occurrence. Chapter 14 highlights the circumstances forcing a child for taking an employment Chapter 15 discusses the establishment of normal feeding process. About the Author Dr. M. S. Bhatia graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College & associated LNJP & GB. Pant Hospitals New Delhi did his post graduation in Psychiatry from Lady Hardinge Medical College & associated Smt. Sucheta Kriplani & Kalawati Saran Childrens Hospitals New Delhi. He joined teaching Faculty of University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital Delhi. He is at present Professor and Head Department of Psychiatry in the same institution. He is also the Head Department of Psychiatry University of Delhi (having 3 Medical Colleges & 12 Hospitals attached to it). He has authored over 50 Books (more than 20 in Psychiatry & Allied Sciences) and over 25 Chapters in different books. Having more than 150 Publications in various National and International Journals and over 80 publications in National Dailies he has won 16 National and Zonal Awards in Psychiatry and literature. Dr. Bhatia is on the editorial review and advisory committees of many research publications and national bodies. He is a Life fellow of Indian Psychiatric Society member of World Psychiatric Association and American Psychiatric Association. He has worked in Delhi Psychiatric Society in various capacities and is currently Editor of Delhi Psychiatry Journal.