Practitioner's guide to psychoactive drugs for children and adolescents /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Werry, John S., Aman, Michael G.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Plenum Medical Book Co., [1993]
Subjects:	Pediatric psychopharmacology > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Mental Disorders > Handbooks. Mental Disorders > drug therapy > Handbooks. Psychotropic Drugs > pharmacology > Handbooks. Psychotropic Drugs > therapeutic use > Handbooks. Adolescent. Child. Infant. Psychofarmaca. Kinder- en jeugdpsychiatrie. Pediatric psychopharmacology. Psychotropic drugs. Electronic books. Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

General principles. Introduction : a guide for practitioners, professionals, and public / John S. Werry
Pharmacology / James William Paxton and Michael Dragunow
Prevalence of drug therapy / Kenneth D. Gadow
Monitoring and measuring drug effects. Physical effects / Alan J. Zametkin and Emily M. Yamada
Monitoring and measuring drug effects. Behavioral, emotional, and cognitive effects / Michael G. Aman
Medicolegal and ethical issues in the pharmacologic treatment of children / Ronald Schouten and Kenneth S. Duckworth
Disorders, symptoms, and their pharmacotherapy / Kelly Botteron and Barbara Geller
Specific drugs. Stimulants / Russell A. Barkley, George J. DuPaul, and Anthony Costello
Antidysthymic drugs (antidepressants and antimanics) / John O. Viesselman [and others]
Antipsychotics (neuroleptics) / Magda Campbell [and others]
Drugs of abuse / Alan S. Unis and Jon McClellan
Antiepileptics (anticonvulsants) / Richard O. Carpenter and Eileen P.G. Vining
Psychoactive effects of medical drugs / Brent Waters, and Antony Milch.
(Cont.) Nootropics and foods / C. Keith Conners
Anxiolytics, sedatives, and miscellaneous drugs / John S. Werry, and Michael G. Aman.