Alternative and complementary therapies for children with psychiatric disorders. Part 1 ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Deborah R. Simkin, Charles W. Popper.
• Editors: Simkin, Deborah R; Popper, Charles, 1946-
• Contents: Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Consulting Editor; Consulting Editor Emeritus; Founding Consulting Editor; Editors; Authors; Contents; Preface ix; Overview of Integrative Medicine in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 375; Section 1: Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Specific Disorders; Section 2: CAM Issues in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Forthcoming Issues; Forthcoming Issues; Recent Issues; Preface; Overview of Integrative Medicine in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Key points; Section 1: Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Specific Disorders. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderKey points; Background; Elimination or restriction of foods or dietary components; Nutritional supplements; Metabolites; Herbs; Homeopathic remedies; Antifungal treatment; Chelation for subclinical lead toxicity; Summary and conclusion; Mood Disorders in Youth; Key points; Introduction; Physical exercise; Bright light therapy and dawn simulation; St. John's wort (hypericum); S-adenosylmethionine; 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Clinical use of 5HTP; Clinical summary of CAM approaches to treating mood disorders in youth. Embracing new techniques, conserving old principlesAutism; Key points; Introduction; Learning and Cognitive Disorders; Key points; Introduction; Reading disorders; Mathematics disorder; Disorder of written expression; Working memory; Auditory processing disorder; Summary; Section 2: CAM Issues in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Paradigm Shift: Stages of Physicians' Entry into Integrative Practice; Key points; Introduction; Paradigms; Doubt; Consideration; Dabbling; Personal conversion; Training; Practice; Collaboration; Small clinic; Large clinic; Summary. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Child and Adolescent PsychiatryKey points; Complementary and alternative medicine and child and adolescent psychiatry; Best-interest standard; Disagreements with parents; Limitations on parents' authority; Informed consent; Liability concerns in treating with CAM; Summary; Building an Evidence Base in Complementary and Integrative Healthcare for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Key points; Introduction/background; Complementary and integrative modalities in child and adolescent psychiatry. Potential drug interactions between prescription medications and natural products.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (402 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 618.92891; 618.9289005; Child psychiatry; Adolescent psychiatry; Mental illness -- Alternative treatment; MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- Child & Adolescent; Adolescent psychiatry; Child psychiatry; Mental illness -- Alternative treatment; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781455775835; 1455775835
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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