Psychiatric Drugs in Children and Adolescents Basic Pharmacology and Practical Applications /

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 particularitie...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Gerlach, Manfred (Editor ), Warnke, Andreas (Editor ), Greenhill, Laurence (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Temas:
Psychiatry.
Pediatrics.
Psychotherapy   .
Neurology .
Family medicine.
Psychotherapy.
Neurology.
General Practice and Family Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Essential neuro-psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific basis
  • Characteristics of the neuro-psychotropic drug therapy in childhood and adolescence
  • Comments on the pharmacotherapy in the outpatient setting
  • Comments on the pharmacotherapy of mental disorders in children and adolescents with mental handicap
  • General aspects and particularities of emergency pharmacotherapy in children and adolescents
  • Classes of neuro-psychiatric treatment: Antidepressants
  • Antiepileptics (Anticonvulsants)
  • Anxiolytics/tranquilisers and hypnotics
  • Neuroleptics (antipsychotics)
  • Psychostimulants
  • Mood stabilizers
  • Symptomatic and symptom-focused drug therapy of psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence: aggressive and auto-aggressive behavior, impulse control disorders, conduct disorders
  • Alcohol related disorders
  • Anxiety disorders and phobias
  • Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Autistic disorders (Pervasive developmental disorders, ICD-10 F84)
  • Depression
  • Drug and substance related disorders
  • Encopresis (IDC-10 F98.1)
  • Enuresis and functional urinary continence (F98.0)
  • Epilepsy
  • Eating disorders (F50.0)
  • Manic episodes (F30) and bipolar affective disorder (F31)
  • Elective (selective) mutism (F94.0)
  • Personality disorders (F60, F61)
  • Schizophrenia, schizotype and delusional disorders (ICD-10 F20)
  • Sleep disorder
  • Tic disorders (ICD-10 F95)
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder in childhood and adolescence
  • Appendix: Examples of documented patient education.

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