Practical Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Author/Contributor(s):	Kutcher, Stan
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	04/18/2002
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This important book synthesizes the most recent research findings pertaining to drug treatments of various psychiatric disorders in children, including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar mania, aggression in pervasive developmental disorder, Tourette's syndrome, and substance abuse. The chapters examine the issues of tolerability and efficacy, and inappropriate over-use, within a social and developmental context. For each disorder, pharmacotherapy is discussed in the wider context of neurobiology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment.