Child Medication Fact Book for Psychiatric Practice, Second Edition

Description

The Child Medication Fact Book is a comprehensive reference guide covering all the important facts, from cost to pharmacokinetics, about the most commonly prescribed medications in child and adolescent psychiatry. Composed of single-page, reader-friendly fact sheets and quick-scan medication tables, this book offers guidance, clinical pearls, and bottom-line assessments of more than 70 of the most common medications you use and are asked

about in your practice. Versions of this book can be purchased with a 10-credit CME online post-test.

Featuring:

• NEW: 14 treatment algorithms to guide patient care
• The latest on new medications such as Adhansia, Qelbree, Rexulti, and Rozerem
• 76 medication fact sheets
• Expanded complementary treatment chapter including lavender essential oil and saffron
• 13 quick-scan medication reference tables
• 11 appendices including informed consent, rating scales, and mental health apps, with eight corresponding tables

Get the information you need at a glance:

• Off-label uses
• Dosage and generic availability
• Mechanism of action
• Cost information
• Bottom-line impression