Edited by two leading child psychiatrists from the US and Europe, and an eminent general psychopharmacologist, the Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology is designed to keep busy clinicians up-to-date with the most recent developments in treating childhood psychiatric disorders. Providing a thorough grounding in the neurobiology of childhood psychiatric disorders and an overview of the pharmacology of current psychotropic compounds used in treating pediatric patients, the book also focuses on optimal drug treatment for individual conditions, including mood/anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, personality disorder, eating disorders, and psychosis/schizophrenia. --- from the publisher |