| Description |
vi, 137 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Diagnostic issues -- Challenges in the diagnosis of childhood and adolescent-onset psychiatric disorders -- The importance of early detection and treatment -- Reducing suffering -- Minimizing the adverse impact of psychiatric conditions on social and academic development -- Preventing progressive psychological and neurobiologic impairment -- Attitudes and realities regarding medication treatment -- Addressing parents' concerns -- Impact of the media and pharmaceutical company marketing -- Limitations imposed by managed care -- Collaborating with child psychiatrists and pediatricians -- Psychopharmacology -- Limitations regarding research with children -- Drug administration, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacologic effects (e.g., understanding side effects and drug interactions) -- Drug dependency versus addiction -- Overview of classes of drugs -- ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder) -- Depression -- Bipolar disorder -- Anxiety disorders -- Psychotic disorders -- Pervasive developmental disorders (Asperger's, autism) -- Miscellaneous -- Tic disorders (including Tourette's disorder) -- Conduct disorder -- Enuresis -- Substance abuse |
| Summary |
"Whether you're a parent or a mental health care professional, you can trust this guide to psychopharmacology for children and adolescents to help you make wise and informed treatment decisions." "Each chapter offers the most up-to-date information on the most often prescribed medications - including diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Convenient fact sheets for many common medications make it easy for professionals to educate parents and for parents to communicate more effectively with doctors."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-137) |
| Subject |
Pediatric psychopharmacology.
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Adolescent psychopharmacology.
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Mental Disorders.
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Adolescent.
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Mental Disorders -- drug therapy.
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Child.
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Psychotropic Drugs.
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Psychotropic Drugs -- therapeutic use.
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| Author |
O'Neal, John H.
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Talaga, Mary C.
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| LC no. |
2005030037 |
| ISBN |
1572244356 |
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