Practitioner’s Guide to Psychoactive Drugs for Children and Adolescents

John S. Werry, Michael G. Aman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

502 Seiten

1998 | 2nd ed. 1999
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-306-45885-9 (ISBN)

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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.

I General Principles.- 1. Introduction: A Guide for Practitioners, Professionals, and Public.- 2. Pharmacology.- 3. Prevalence of Drug Therapy.- 4. Monitoring and Measuring Drug Effects. I. Physical Effects.- 5. Monitoring and Measuring Drug Effects. II. Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive Effects.- 6. Medicolegal and Ethical Issues in the Pharmacological Treatment of Children.- 7. Disorders, Symptoms, and Their Pharmacotherapy.- II Specific Drugs.- 8. Stimulants.- 9. Antidepressant and Antimanic Drugs.- 10. Antipsychotics (Neuroleptics).- 11. Drugs of Abuse.- 12. Antiepileptics (Anticonvulsants).- 13. Psychoactive Effects of Medical Drugs.- 14. Nootropics and Foods.- Appendix A Psychoactive Medications Grouped by Drug Class and Foods Studied for Psychoactive Effects.- Appendix B Major Psychoactive Medications Ordered by Trade Name.

Zusatzinfo	24 Illustrations, black and white; XXV, 502 p. 24 illus.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	0-306-45885-3 / 0306458853
ISBN-13	978-0-306-45885-9 / 9780306458859
Zustand	Neuware