Pediatric Psychopharmacology: Fast Facts

By Daniel F. Connor and Bruce M. Meltzer M.D.

Book Overview

This new title in the Fast Facts series, full of up-to-date and authoritative information, is a critical resource for all health care professionals working with children and adolescents.Psychiatrists, prescribing psychologists, psychotherapists, pediatricians, family practice physicians, pediatric neurologists, nurse practitioners, allied mental health professionals, and trainees in these professions are provided with: General introductory reviews of the principles of pediatric psychopharmacology and related patient assessment issues; Detailed discussions of psychiatric medications organized by drug class; A comprehensive review of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders. Rich background information and clear explanations of clinical directions for the prescriber and nonprescriber alike.

Authored by two child and adolescent psychiatrists, Pediatric Psychopharmacology provides empirically-based, state-of-the-art knowledge as well as clear practical guidance regarding assessment, prescription, monitoring, and discontinuation of medications.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393704610
• ISBN13: 9780393704617
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 716 Pages
• Weight: 2.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Text

This is an excellent book for clinicians who treat children and adolescents with psychotropic medications. It is relatively up-to-date and user friendly. It has many useful tables and offers specific dosing and safety monitoring guidelines. We chose this book for our child psychiatry fellows as the core text of their pediatric psychopharmacology course and they also thought that it was excellent. This is not, however, a book for parents or non-medical people.

Pediatric Psychopharmacology: Fast Facts

Excellent book. Very comprehensive and worth referring to frequently for dosage, side effects, interactions, target symptoms etc.