The Second Edition of Pharmacotherapy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders contains new and expanded chapters on combination therapy pharmacoepidemiology pharmacoeconomics current social, ethical, and legal issues surrounding the administration of psychostimulants and antidepressants to children and teenagers serotonin reuptake inhibitors and discusses techniques to select the most appropriate drug and dosing schedule methods to adjust safely and tailor medical treatments for children during various stages of growth and development the effect of psychoactive drugs on cardiac function Offering nearly 3000 contemporary references to facilitate further research, Pharmacotherapy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders, Second Edition is a timely and authoritative guide suitable for psychiatrists, psychologists, pediatricians, pharmaceutical and behavioral scientists, clinical neurologists, primary care physicians, social workers, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.
This book fulfils an urgent need for an updated text on pediatric psychopharmacology. It takes a unique approach in discussing recent findings within the context of current issues, including economic and political ones.
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Those who can benefit by reading it include all physicians working with childhood and adolescence disorders, as well as all clinical specialists who are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of such disorders. David J. Kupfer, M.D. ...
This book addresses an important need in the treatment field.
This book offers a comprehensive survey of the current state of knowledge in the field of neuro-psychopharmacology in childhood and adolescence.
Cohen-Kettenis, P. T., Owen, A., Kaijser, V. G., Bradley, S.J., & Zucker, K. J. (2003). Demographic characteristics, social competence, and behavior problems in children with gender identity disorder: A cross-national, cross-clinic ...
This book fulfills the need for an objective, clinically relevant source to dispel this confusion. Clinical Child Psychiatry is a textbook of current clinical practice in child and adolescent psychiatry.
The Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs for Children and Adolescents has become a standard reference and working tool for psychiatrists, pediatricians, psychologists, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other mental health ...
Revision of: Treatment of childhood disorders / edited by Eric J. Mash, Russell A. Barkley.
This important book synthesises research findings about drug treatment of a broad range of psychiatric disorders in children, including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, major depression, schizophrenia ...