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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gerlach, Manfred (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Warnke, Andreas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Greenhill, Laurence (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Neurology.; Pediatrics.; Psychiatry.; Psychopharmacology.; Psychotherapy.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.