Practitioner's Guide to Psychoactive Drugs for Children and Adolescents

Incorporating developments in pharmacology and therapy, this revised second edition is a quick reference for those who prescribe psychotrophic drugs for young people. New and notable features include: discussions of new drugs and health supplements; revised diagnostic terminology that accords with current DSM-IV nomenclature; reports on anti-epileptic medications; guidelines for the appropriate use of psychoactive medications; and instruction on the monitoring of physical, behavioural, and cognitive effects of various drugs.