Full Description
The field of child and adolescent psychopharmacology is rapidly growing, but psychopharmacological treatments for children cannot be straightforwardly extrapolated from adult studies, which presents clinicians with assessment and prescribing challenges. This important book synthesises research findings about drug treatment of a broad range of 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. They examine the issues of tolerability and efficacy, and appropriate use, within a social and developmental context. For each disorder, pharmacotherapy is discussed in the wider context of neurobiology, etiology, diagnosis and treatment. This will be essential reading for all mental health professionals to inform practice and improve patient outcomes.
Contents
List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Child and adolescent psychopharmacology at the turn of the millennium Charles W. Popper; 2. Developmental psychopharmacology Normand Carrey, Paul Mendella, Frank P. MacMaster and Stan Kutcher; 3. Clinical aspects of child and adolescent psychopharmacology Gabrielle A. Carlson; 4. Depression Neal D. Ryan; 5. Bipolar mood disorders: diagnosis, etiology and treatment Vivek Kusumakar, Lorraine Lazier, Frank P. MacMaster and Darcy Santor; 6. Schizophrenia and related psychoses Keith Marriage; 7. Obsessive-compulsive disorder Douglas A. Beer, Mai Karitani, Henrietta L. Leonard, John S. March and Susan E. Swedo; 8. Anxiety disorders E. Jane Garland; 9. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Thomas Spencer, Joseph Biederman and Timothy Wilens; 10. Pervasive development disorder Sandra N. Fisman; 11. Aggressive behaviour Deborah Lynn and Bryan H. King; 12. Adolescent substance use disorder K. A. Hussain Mirza; 13. Tic disorders and Tourette's syndrome John T. Walkup; 14. Eating disorders and related disturbances Lisa A. Kotler, Michael J. Devlin and B. Timothy Walsh; 15. Medical psychiatric conditions Daniel S. Pine, Elizabeth Cohen and Yana Brayman; Index.
