TOPIC: Psychotropic Medication

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Resource Aid Packets
• Anxiety, Fears, Phobias, and Related Problems: Intervention and Resources for School Aged Youth
• Attention Problems: Intervention and Resources
• 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

Information Resources
• About Anxiety Attacks
• About Social Anxiety and Schools
• Adolescent Marijuana Use
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Schools: Outline Focused on Key Questions and Concerns
• Benzodiazepine: A Much Abused Drug
• Questions Parents Ask and Some Concerns About Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Fact Sheet about ADHD
• Adverse Effects of Psychotropic Medications in Children: Predictive Factors
• Community Adversity and Utilization of Psychotropic Medications Among Children in Foster Care
• A Guide for Community Child Serving Agencies on Psychotropic Medications for Children and Adolescents
• Child Psychopharmacology: How School Psychologists Can Contribute to Effective Outcomes
• Drugwatch.com
• Mental health services and psychotropic medications provided to children at risk for placement instability in foster care
• National trends in the use of psychotropic medications by children
• National Trends in Psychotropic Medication Use in Young Children
• Providers' Behaviors and Beliefs on Prescribing Antipsychotic Medication to Children: A Qualitative Study
• Reducing Inappropriate Psychotropic Prescribing For Children and Youth In Foster Care
• Report of the Working Group on Psychotropic Medications for Children and Adolescents (American Psychological Association)
• Stimulant Treatment of Young People in the United States
• Treatment of Children with Mental Illness
• Use of Medication to Treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Children: The Role of Maternal History of Psychotropic Medication Use
• Youth Views on Communication About ADHD and Medication Adherence

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
• American Psychiatric Association
• Children and Medication Resources
• Mental Health America
• National Association of School Nurses
• National Institute of Health (NIH)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

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