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Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) PDR Guide to Pediatric and Adolescent Mental Health 2009 Edition by PDR Staff
An authoritative, user-friendly reference for professionals who treat or counsel children and adolescents As the number of child and adolescent patients taking psychotropic medication increases, the need to know how these drugs interact with other medications or substances or about any potential side effects is greatly increasing for the mental healthcare professional community. Edited for child psychologists, school psychologists, NPs, PAs, nurses, school nurses, therapists and social workers, the PDRr Guide to Pediatric & Adolescent Mental Health is the second in a PDRr series of titles to focus on medicinal treatment options and its impact on patients with ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, and more. With input from a noted physician in child and adolescent psychiatry and a psychologist specializing in street drug abuse, the book is written in a plain language style and includes monographs specific to psychotropic and street drugs. There is also a product visual identification guide section.