Practitioner's Guide to Psychoactive Drugs for Children and Adolescents

Incorporating the latest developments in pharmacology and therapy, this fully revised Second Edition is an ideal quick reference for those who prescribe psychotrophic drugs for young people. New and notable features include: * discussions of new drugs and health supplements; * revised diagnostic [...]
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Incorporating the latest developments in pharmacology and therapy, this fully revised Second Edition is an ideal quick reference for those who prescribe psychotrophic drugs for young people. New and notable features include: * discussions of new drugs and health supplements; * revised diagnostic terminology that accords with current DSM-IV nomenclature; * reports on anti-epileptic medications; * guidelines for the appropriate use of psychoactive medications; * and instruction on the monitoring of physical, behavioral, and cognitive effects of various drugs. The handy spiral format makes the book easy to use.