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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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Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction

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Тип Материала
Книга
Автор
Kalikow, Kevin T.
Выходные Сведения
New York : W.W. Norton, ©2011.

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Издание
1st ed.
Описание
xxiii, 411 pages ; 25 cm
Библиография
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-380) and index.
Содержание
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?
Summary
A popular guide for consumers about all the psychiatric drugs used with kids.
Тема
Pediatric psychopharmacology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Psychotropic Drugs -- therapeutic use.
Mental Disorders -- drug therapy.
Child.
Adolescent.
Pediatric psychopharmacology.
Жанр/Форма
Handbooks and manuals.
Handbooks and manuals.
ISBN
9780393706376 (hardcover)
0393706370 (hardcover)