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#BESTSELLERHelping Parents and Teachers Understand Medications forBehavioral and Emotional Problems: A Resource Book ofMedication Information HandoutsSinopsis :A dozen experts in child and adolescent psychiatry contributedto this new and fully updated fourth edition of Helping Parentsand Teachers Understand Medications for Behavioral andEmotional Problems, ensuring that it remains the most trustedresource for educating parents and teachers aboutpsychotropics prescribed for children and adolescents. Thebook is arranged alphabetically, and each medication has itsown information sheet that can be photocopied or downloadedand printed by psychiatrists, pediatricians, and neurologists fordistribution to parents and teachers. A useful resource forschool staff and library patrons, the information sheets will alsobe helpful to nonprescribing mental health professionals
talking with families about possible referral for medication. Thecompendium has been designed for maximum utility andaccessibility. * Each information sheet includes a section withgeneral information applicable to all medications and veryspecific sections that include a description of the medicationand why it is used, monitoring of the medication, side effects,interactions with other medications and with food, andadditional information that is relevant to how the medicationcan best help and be used safely. * The book is written in astraightforward, understandable style that is accessible andnonintimidating to the lay public.* The number of medicationscovered has been expanded to reflect new drugs and olderdrugs recently approved for children and adolescents, such asvilazodone (Viibryd), asenapine (Saphris), and ramelteon(Rozerem).* Explanations of new concerns about potentialside effects and FDA black box warnings for antidepressantsand stimulants are included.* The Information on the Internetsection offers a list of vetted medical and professionalorganizations where the reader can find additional informationabout child and adolescent mental health and treatment, andthe book also includes robust lists of both published resourcesfor parents and teachers and selected additional reading forhealth and mental health professionals.* Appendices covermedicines with FDA indication for attention-deficit/hyperactivitydisorder (ADHD) medicines typically used for anxiety,depression, psychosis, mood stabilizing, and aggression andan index of medicines by brand name. No other volume offersup-to-the-minute information on psychotropic medications foryouth in such an easy-to-use format. Comprehensive andauthoritative, Helping Parents and Teachers UnderstandMedications for Behavioral and Emotional Problems will proveindispensable to clinicians in helping to foster understandingamong parents and educators.

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