Pediatric Psychopharmacology: Principles and Practice

edited by Andrés Martin, M.D., associate professor in the Child Study Center and of psychiatry, Lawrence Scahill, M.P.H. ’89, associate professor in the Child Study Center, Dennis S. Charney, HS ’77, and James F. Leckman, M.D., Neison Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry in the Child Study Center and professor of pediatrics

Oxford University Press (New York) 2002

This comprehensive text reviews principles of neurobiology and the major psychiatric illnesses of childhood and presents the major classes of psychiatric drugs, as well as complementary and alternative somatic interventions and naturopathic approaches. The book also discusses broad population-relevant topics such as regulation and policy, pharmacoepidemiology and the importance of sound ethical principles for clinical investigation.