Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Section One. BEGINNINGS: 1. Read Me First: Why This Book Section Two. BASELINE ASSESSMENT FOR PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENTS: 2. Introduction 3. Individual Baseline Psychiatric Assessment 4. Pharmacokinetics and Drug-Drug Interactions 5. Baseline Medical Assessment for Psychopharmacologic Treatment 6. Other Useful Baseline Assessments for Psychopharmacologic Treatment Section Three. PLANNING, INITIATING, AND PROVIDING PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT: 7. Educational Issues in Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 8. Pragmatics of Psychopharmacologic Treatment in Children and Adolescents Section Four. CLINICAL PRACTICE OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY: 9. General Issues in the Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Anxiety Disorders 10. Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Panic Disorders 11. Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Other Anxiety Disorders 12. Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Depressive Disorders 13. Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Bipolar Disorders 14. Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Acute Schizophrenia 15. Long-Term Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Schizophrenia16. Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 17. Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Autism and Mental Retardation 18. Other Conditions for Which Psychopharmacologic Treatment is Indicated in Children and Adolescents Section Five. POSTSCRIPT: 19. No Person Is an Island: The Current Practice of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology in Its Historical Context. APPENDIXES: Scales; Assessments;Treatment Guideline Templates.