Practitioner’s Guide to Psychoactive Drugs for Children and Adolescents

General Principles: Introduction: A Guide for Practitioners, Professionals, and Public ; J.S. Werry. Pharmacology; J.W. Paxton. Prevalence of Drug Therapy; K.D. Gadow. Monitoring and Measuring Drug Effects, I: Physical Effects; A.J. Zametkin. Monitoring and Measuring Drug Effects, II: Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive Effects; M.G. Aman. Medicological and Ethical Issues in the Pharmacological Treatment of Children; R. Schouten. Disorders, Symptoms, and Their Pharmacotherapy; B. Geller. Specific Drugs: Stimulants; R. Barkley. Antidepressants and Antimanics Drugs; E. Weller. Antipsychotics (Neuroleptics); M. Campbell. Drugs of Abuse; A. Unis, J. McClellan. Antiepileptics (Anticonvulsants); R. Carpenter, E. Vining. Psychoactive Effects of Medical Drugs; B. Waters. Nootropics and Foods; Y. Conners. Anxiolytics, Sedatives, and Miscellaneous Drugs; M.G. Aman, J.S. Werry. Appendixes: Major Psychoactive Medications Grouped by Drug Class. Major Psychoactive Medications Ordered by Trade Name. Index.