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Practical clinical issues regarding child and adolescent psychopharmacology
1Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
|February 16, 2000
Abstract:
The psychotropic treatment of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders is becoming increasingly common. In many cases, its clinical use outstrips its demonstrated scientific validity. Pharmacologic compounds need to be properly utilized, effectively prescribed, and appropriately monitored. This entails a detailed knowledge of various psychotropic agents, their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and a high degree of psychotherapeutic sophistication in terms of the patient-family-physician relationship.