Overview
- Gives a concise and coherent presentation of neuro-psychopharmacology in childhood and adolescence
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Essential Psychopharmacology
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Special Psychopharmacology: Classes of Psychiatric Treatments
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Symptomatic and Symptom-Oriented Pharmacological Therapy of Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents
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About this book
This book offers a comprehensive survey of the current state of knowledge in the field of neuro-psychopharmacology in childhood and adolescence. In the first part, the essentials of neuro-psychopharmacology are presented in order to provide a deeper understanding of the principles and particularities in the pharmacotherapy of children and adolescents. This part includes information on neurotransmitters and signal transduction pathways, molecular brain structures as targets for psychiatric drugs, characteristics of psychopharmacological therapy in children and adolescents, ontogenetic influences on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapy in the outpatient setting. The part on classes of psychiatric medications, which covers antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics and sedative-hypnotics, mood stabilizers, and psychostimulants and other drugs used in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, provides sufficient background material to better understand how psychoactive drugs work, and why, when, and for whom they should be used. For each drug within a class, information on its mechanisms of action, clinical pharmacology, indications, dosages, and cognate issues are reviewed. In the third part, the disorder-specific and symptom-oriented medication is described and discerningly evaluated from a practical point of view, providing physicians with precise instructions on how to proceed. Psychiatric Drugs in Children and Adolescents includes numerous tables, figures and illustrations and offers a valuable reference work for child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychotherapists, pediatricians, general practitioners, psychologists, and nursing staff, as well as teachers.
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“The audience includes child and adolescent psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psychologists, pediatricians, general practitioners, nurses, and students of medicine and pharmacology. Mental health workers, social workers, and teachers working with children and adolescents with mental illness also could use it as a reference. … With its research-based, current information, it is a very useful tool for practitioners in the U.S. and Europe.” (Rosario M. Cosme, Doody’s Book Reviews, December, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Psychiatric Drugs in Children and Adolescents
Book Subtitle: Basic Pharmacology and Practical Applications
Editors: Manfred Gerlach, Andreas Warnke, Laurence Greenhill
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1501-5
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Wien 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1500-8Published: 18 July 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-1501-5Published: 26 June 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 544
Number of Illustrations: 38 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, Neurology, General Practice / Family Medicine