TOPIC: Psychotropic Medication

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• Students and Psychotropic Medication: The School's Role

Newsletter Articles

• Lessons Learned: Revisiting Medication. Addressing Barriers to Learning

Practice Notes

• Prescription Drugs Abuse Among Youth

• ADHD Medication Fact Sheet
• Child Psychopharmacology: How School Psychologists Can Contribute to Effective Outcomes
• Counseling Center: Medication Issues
• Drugwatch.com
• Emotional Disorders and Psychotropic Medication: An Overview
• FDA Approves Non-Stimulant ADHD Drug
• Guide to Psychiatric Medications for Children and Adolescents
• National trends in the use of psychotropic medications by children
• Psychiatric Medication For Children And Adolescents Part I-How Medications Are Used
• Psychotropic Drugs and Children Use, Trends, and Implications for Schools
• Report of the Working Group on Psychotropic Medications for Children and Adolescents (American Psychological Association)
• School Counselors and Psychotropic Medication: Assessing Training, Experience, and School Policy Issues
• Treatment of Children with Mental Disorders
• Updates on Psychiatric Diagnoses, Drugs, and Treatments

• About Our Kids
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
• American Psychiatric Association
• Children and Medication Resources
• Internet Mental Health
• Mental Health America
• National Institute of Health (NIH)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

• A review of the research on interventions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: What works best? Purdie, N., Hattie, J. & Carroll, A. (2002). Review of Educational Research, Spring 2002, 72(1): 61-99
• Are the SSRIs and atypical antidepressants safe and effective for children and adolescents? Whittington, C. J., Kendall, T., & Pilling, S. (2005). Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 18, 21-25.
• Bipolar depression: Pharmacotherapy and related therapeutic strategies. Thase, M.E. & Sachs G.S. (2000). Biological Psychiatry, 48(6): 558-572.
• Facing the evidence: Antidepressant treatment in children and adolescents. Garland, E. J. (2004). Canadian Medical Association Journal, 170, 489-491.
• How can we improve the assessment of safety in child and adolescent psychopharmacology? Vitiello, B., Riddle, M. A., Greenhill, L. L., March, J. S., Levine, J., Schachar, R. J., et al. (2003). Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 42, 634-641.
• How effective are treatments for children and adolescent depression? A meta-analytic review. Michael, K. D., & Crowley, S. L. (2002). Clinical Psychology Review, 22, 247-269.
• Long-term treatment with antidepressant drugs: The spectacular achievements of propaganda. Fava, G. A. (2002). Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 71, 127-132.
• Neuropsychological effects of stimulant medication on children's learning and behavior. Brown, R. T., & Daly, B. (in press). In C. R. Reynolds & E. Fletcher-Jantzen (Eds.), Handbook of clinical child neuropsychology (3rd ed.). New York: Springer.
• Phsicians' Desk Reference, 54th Edition. (2000). Medical Economics Data Production Co.: Montavale, NJ
• Rising prevalence of antidepressants among U.S. youths. Zito, J. M., Sater, D. J., dosRoeis, S., Gardner, J. F., Soeken, K., Boels, M., & Lynch, F. (2002). Pediatrics, 109(5), 721-727.
• Stimulant medication effects in a natural setting among young children with attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder. Chacko, A., Pelham, W. E., Gnagy, E. M., Greiner, A., Vallano, G., Bukstein, O., & Rancurello, M. (2005). Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 4(3), 249-257.
• Stronger warning is urged on antidepressants for teenagers. Goode, E. (2004, February 3). New York Times, p. A12.
• The effects of mehylphenidate in the classroom: What dosage, for which children, for what problems? Northup, J., Gulley, V., Edwards, S. & Fountain, L. (2001). School Psychology Quarterly, 16(3): 303-323.
• The Meaning of Psychotropic Medications for Children, adolescents, and their familes. Rappaport, N. (2000). Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• What are the long-term effects of methylphenidate treatment. Volkow, N., & Insel, T. (2003) Biological Psychiatry, 54, 1307-1309.

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