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A ready reference for practitioners, professionals in the helping fields, and interested lay readers and parents to the drugs being used to modify emotions and behavior and to treat psychiatric illnesses in young people. The arrangement is by drug group rather than disorder to facilitate finding information about a specific drug. The second edition incorporates the several new drugs with novel features that have hit the market since 1993. Spiral bound. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Incorporating the latest developments in pharmacology and therapy, this fully revised Second Edition is an ideal 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, behavioral, and cognitive effects of various drugs. The handy spiral format makes the book easy to use.
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