Kids on Meds: Up-To-Date Information about the Most Commonly Prescribed Psychiatric Medications - Hardcover

Kalikow, Kevin

 
9780393706376: Kids on Meds: Up-To-Date Information about the Most Commonly Prescribed Psychiatric Medications
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0393706370 ISBN 13: 9780393706376
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

This book is an overview of the four groups of medicines most commonly used in child and adolescent psychiatry for ADHD, depression and anxiety, psychosis, and mood disorders. It discusses not only the drugs but also how they work in the body, as well as the culture of today’s medical practice. Kevin T. Kalikow offers measured advice on how to evaluate and treat young people with medicine and how to decide if medicine isn’t the right course of action. It is essential reading for anyone who needs to wade through the complicated and often contradictory medical information about kids and drugs. "

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kevin T. Kalikow, MD, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has been in private practice for 25 years. After attending Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Dr. Kalikow trained in General Psychiatry at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division and in Child Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is currently Clinical Assistant Professor in Child Psychiatry at New York Medical College. He also lectures on child psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Kalikow has been interviewed and quoted in numerous publications, such as The New York Times and Ladies Home Journal . He has been interviewed on radio and television, including National Public Radio's The Diane Rehm Show.

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Verlag
W. W. Norton & Company
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0393706370
ISBN 13 
9780393706376
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
438
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