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The Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs for Children and Adolescents has become a standard reference and working tool for psychiatrists, pediatricians, psychologists, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other mental health professionals. - Packed with unique, easy-to-read comparison charts and tables (dosages, side effects, pharmacokinetics, interactions...) for a quick overview of treatment options - Succinct, bulleted information on all classes of medication: on- and off-label indications, side effects, interactions, pharmacodynamics, nursing implications, and much more - all you need to know for each class of drug - Potential interactions and side effects summarized in comparison charts - With instantly recognizable icons and in full color throughout, allowing you to find at a glance all the information you seek - Clearly written patient and caregiver information sheets for download as printable PDF files This book is a must for all mental health professionals working with children and adolescents who need an up-to-date, easy-to use, comprehensive summary of all the most relevant information about psychotropic drugs. New in this edition: - Drugs for ADHD thoroughly revised and updated - Antipsychotics with many changes and additions, including fully revised lab tests/monitoring - Antidepressants fully revised, including new sections on irreversible MAO-B inhibitor and serotonin modulator and stimulator (SMS), revised frequency of adverse effects table and switching strategies recommendations - Hypnotics completely revised - Mood stabilizers fully revised and a new toxicity comparison table added - Drugs of abuse and treatment of substance use disorder comprehensively revised - New unapproved treatments with significant updates, including: anti-inflammatories and NMDA agents in anxiety/OCD, cannabis use, and irritability of autism - New agents include: TGAs N-arylpiperazine (brexpiprazole) and phenylpiperazine (cariprazine), hypnotics orexin receptor antagoni