Child Medication Fact Book for Psychiatric Practice, Second Edition - Softcover

Feder, Joshua D; Tien, Elizabeth; Puzantian, Talia

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798987335413

Publisher: Carlat Publishing, LLC, 2023

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Authors

Joshua D. Feder, MD, is a child psychiatrist active in clinical practice, research, and advocacy. He serves as editor-in-chief of The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report.

Elizabeth Tien, MD, is a community psychiatrist at the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and a board member of The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report.

Talia Puzantian, PharmD, BCPP, is a professor of clinical sciences at Keck Graduate Institute School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Claremont, CA. She is the deputy editor of The Carlat Report newsletters and co-author of the Medication Fact Book for Psychiatric Practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Carlat Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798987335413
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184