Straight talk about psychiatric medications for kids

• Main Author: Wilens, Timothy E. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Guilford Press 2004
• Edition: Revised edition
• Subjects: Mental Disorders > Popular Work > drug therapy; Psychotropic Drugs > therapeutic use; Child > Popular Work
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Updating and expanding his popular guide, Dr. Timothy Wilens provides essential advice for parents facing tough choices about whether or not to give a child medication for emotional or behavioural problems. Packed with frequently asked questions, examples, and charts, the book explains which medicat...

Table of Contents:

• The preliminaries: building a foundation of knowledge
• The psychopharmacological evaluation: finding out what's wrong
• The diagnosis and treatment plan: laying out a strategy to help your child
• Treatment and beyond: collaborating in your child's ongoing care
• Attention and disruptive behavioral disorders
• Autism and pervasive developmental disorders
• The mood disorders
• Anxiety-related disorders
• Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
• Disorders of known medical and neurological origin
• Other mental health disturbances affecting children and adolescents
• The stimulants and nonstimulants for ADHD
• The antidepressants
• The mood stabilizers
• The anxiety-breaking medications
• The antihypertensives
• The antipsychotics
• Medications for sleep, bedwetting, and other problems.