chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Disorders following abnormal birth -- chapter 3 Disease prevention -- chapter 4 Digestive tract disorders and gastrointestinal diseases -- chapter 5 Inflammatory Diseases -- chapter 6 Allergic diseases -- chapter 7 Psychosomatic disorders -- chapter 8 Neurological disorders -- chapter 9 Disorders and constitutional aspects of growth and morphogenesis -- chapter 10 Extending treatment options for specific diseases -- chapter 11 Eurythmy therapy: principles of effectiveness, areas of application -- chapter 12 Epilogue.

In the medical treatment of children and teenagers and the accompaniment of their parents, alternative therapies, homoeopathy, anthroposophic medicine, psychology and psychosomatics play an ever greater role alongside conventional, science-based medicine. Before a therapy can be successful, an individual diagnosis must be made, taking somatic symptoms, mental and emotional aspects and the developmental stage of the child into account. The background and context of the illness must be determined as well: Why has this child developed this particular disease at this particular moment? In this way your therapy can activate the child’s own disease-fighting resources and support it in developing its potential.