Completely updated and revised, the fourth edition provides practice-tested, condition-specific treatment recommendations for various childhood mental disorders. Obtain clear evidence-based guidance on dosing, monitoring, and potential adverse reactions of psychotropic medications for treatment of common psychiatric disorders and mental health or behavioral problems in children and adolescents. The book is designed not only for the pediatric primary care clinician but also for specialists such as developmental-behavioral pediatricians, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and allied mental health professionals among others.
TOPICS INCLUDE- Core pediatric principles and conceptual framework for prescribing psychotropics
- Medications for specific diagnoses--ADHD, anxiety, and depression
- Food and Drug Administration approved antipsychotics and mood stabilizers and all other medications
- Midcourse medication corrections and managing treatment impasses
John V. Campo, MD, is the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as Director of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Vice President of Psychiatric Services at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr Campo is board-certified in pediatrics, psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry, and completed medical training at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by residencies in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In addition to pediatric psychopharmacology, his interests include the integration of mental health services in general medical settings, the relationship between functional somatic symptoms and emotional disorders, and suicide prevention.