This short and easy-to-understand book offers all the information you need about the use of psychoactive medications in the treatment of childhood and adolescent psychological disorders.
The book is organized by disorders most commonly encountered in young people, like ADD, depression and bipolar disorder, anxiety, learning disorders, and psychotic disorders like schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder. Each chapter includes diagnosis criteria for each problem, treatment indications and contraindications, and notes for monitoring, evaluation, and follow-up care. The book identifies popular classes of drugs by brand and generic names, and provides fact sheets that therapists can offer parents or parents can show to doctors who may need more information to make sound treatment decisions.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Helpful for therapists:
When working with kids who take psychotropic medication, it's nice to have this book as a reference to answer parents' questions.
Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology:
This book was very informative, easy to read and understand. As a Master's level graduate student, I find this book to be a valuable resource.
Clear and Understandable:
I found this book to be extremely helpful in understanding the possible medications that may be prescribed to treat different childhood disorders. As a therapist, I appreciate the layout of possible side effects and helpful range of dosage for particular medications. I believe that parents would find this book informative when they are trying to make a decision on whether medication may be helpful for their child.
Inaccurate Chapter 7 (Autism):
Chapter 7 (Autism Spectrum Disorders) is outdated and offensive. Based on this chapter alone, I would change the name of the book to "Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology Made INACCURATE." Page 87 understates the prevalence of autism, which has been growing at a tremendous rate - much higher than any other diagnosis. When this book was being published, the current CDC estimate was 1 in 166 (not "as high as 1 in 250"). On Feb 9, 2007, the CDC published a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report... more info
