Practitioner's Guide to Psychoactive Drugs for Children and Adolescents

2. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-306-45885-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 502 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 2030 g

Incorporating the latest developments in pharmacology and therapy, this fully revised 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Werry, John Scott

Aman, Michael G.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erziehungsberatung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.