Research Catalog

Title

Textbook of pharmacotherapy for child and adolescent psychiatric disorders / David R. Rosenberg, John Holttum, Samuel Gershon.

Author

Rosenberg, David R.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Brunner/Mazel, c1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Holttum, John
• Gershon, Samuel

Description

xii, 555 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

• This important new textbook signals the "coming of age" of pharmacotherapy as an important mode of treatment for individuals eighteen years of age and under. Highly comprehensive yet remarkably well organized, optimistic while retaining a healthy scientific skepticism, this textbook has a number of unique features.
• Since precision in diagnosis is critical to the effective treatment of psychopathology in children and adolescents, the book focuses strongly on diagnostic issues relevant to dispensing psychotropic medications to this population. The text - most importantly - highlights similarities and differences in treating children versus adults. Where limited information is available, the authors offer recommendations on how to safely initiate treatment tailored to the pediatric population.
• The book covers an extensive range of psychotropic drugs and a number of adjunctive medications. Completely up-to-date, it has been written in accordance with the DSM-IV.
• The Textbook of Pharmacotherapy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders will prove invaluable not only to child and adolescent psychiatrists, but also to offer health professionals involved in the care of children and adolescents with major psychiatric disorders: psychologists, social workers, therapists, nursing staff and students, medical students, pediatricians, and family practitioners.
• It will be an important text for graduate and post-graduate courses in child and adolescent psychopharmacology, as well as for pediatric residents studying psychiatric disorders.

Subjects

• Mental Disorders > Child
• Mental Disorders > Adolescent
• Psychotropic Drugs > therapeutic use
• Mental Disorders > drug therapy
• Psychotropic Drugs > pharmacology
• Pediatric psychopharmacology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

1. Historical Perspective on Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology -- 2. Characteristics of Drug Disposition During Childhood / Robert A. Branch -- 3. Psychostimulants -- 4. Tricyclic Antidepressants -- 5. Novel (Atypical) Antidepressants -- 6. Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors -- 7. Antipsychotic Agents -- 8. Lithium -- 9. Anticonvulsants -- 10. Anxiolytics -- 11. Adrenergic Agents in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry -- 12. Atypical and Adjunctive Agents -- 13. Consultation - Liaison Psychiatry - Pharmacologic Approaches -- 14. Pharmacologic Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders.

ISBN

0876307303 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

94006401

OCLC

• 29913332
• ocm29913332
• SCSB-4775893

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries