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Kids on meds : up-to-date information about the most commonly prescribed psychiatric medications / Kevin T. Kalikow.
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W.W. Norton
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2011
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1st ed.
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| Location | Call No. | Status | Note | URL |
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| Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction | 618.9289 KAL | Check Shelf |
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| Edition |
1st ed.
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| Description |
xxiii, 411 pages ; 25 cm
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-380) and index.
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| Contents |
Getting started -- What's in a name? -- The brain -- The life cycle of a medicine -- Deciding to use a medicine -- The stimulants and other medicines for ADHD -- Antidepressant and antianxiety medicines -- Antipsychotic medicines -- Mood stabilizers -- Sleep disorders and medicines -- Pharmacotherapy of miscellaneous disorders and conditions -- Alternative medicines and treatments -- Nonpsychiatric medicines with psychiatric effects -- Talking with ... -- Evaluating risks and benefits: problems and pitfalls -- Are psychiatric medicines over- or underprescribed?
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| Summary |
A popular guide for consumers about all the psychiatric drugs used with kids.
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| ISBN |
9780393706376 (hardcover)
0393706370 (hardcover)
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