| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 243 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Part I : Eight questions to ask yourself before accepting or rejecting medication -- Weighing your options ; Does your child have a disorder? ; Has your child received a complete and ethical evaluation? ; When time-outs don't work : have you tried these strategies for effective discipline? ; Beating Mrs. Bossy and defeating Darth Vader : can you externalize the problem? ; How can teachers and schools help? ; When is enough enough? ; How will the medication affect your child? ; What if your child can't swallow the pill? (And other questions about day-to-day life with psychiatric drugs) -- Part II : Specific help for specific problems -- Intense, distractible, energetic, angry : kids who act out ; Shy, sensitive, fearful : kids who act in ; Kids who don't connect with others -- Part III : Beyond diagnosis and drugs -- Toward a moral treatment of behavior problems in children -- Quick guide to the psychiatric drugs most commonly prescribed for children. |
| Subject |
Behavior disorders in children -- Chemotherapy -- Popular works.
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Pediatric psychopharmacology -- Popular works.
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| ISBN |
0465016456 |
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