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CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
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By
S. Kutcher, MD, FRCP(C), Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Description
An affordable, practical guide to prescribing psychiatric drugs to the pediatric patient. Emphasizes the unique issues involved in treating children and teens. Provides the reader with the special knowledge necessary for the optimal psychopharmacologic treatment of these patients.

Contents
Section I: Beginnings. Read Me First: Why This Book? Section II: Baseline Assessments for Psychopharmacologic Treatments. Introduction. Baseline Medical Assessments for Psychopharmacologic Treatment. Baseline Individual Psychiatric Assessment for Psychopharmacologic Treatment. Other Useful Baseline Assessments for Psychopharmacologic Treatment. Section III: Planning, Initiating, And Providing Psychopharmacologic Treatment. Introduction. Educational Issues in Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. Pragmatics of Psychopharmacologic Treatment in Children and Adolescents. Section IV: Practical Clinical Practice of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. Introduction. General Issues in the Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Panic Disorder. Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Other Anxiety Disorders. Pharmacologic Treatment of Depressive Disorders. Pharmacologic Treatment of Bipolar Disorder. Pharmacologic Treatment of Acute Schizophrenia. Long-Term Pharmacologic Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Schizophrenia. Pharmacologic Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Pharmacologic Treatment of Autism and Mental Retardation. Other Conditions for Which Pharmacologic Treatment Is Indicated in Children and Adolescents. Section V: Postscript. No Person Is an Island: The Current Practice of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology in Its Historical Context.

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 521 pages, publication date: JUN-1997
ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-5749-3
ISBN-10: 0-7216-5749-4
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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