The educator's go-to reference for important psychiatric health topics!
This concise, well-researched volume provides school psychologists, counselors, administrators, and teachers with a balanced perspective on the most relevant psychiatric issues in schools today. The book covers:
• Neuropsychiatric conditions that commonly affect children and questions frequently directed to educators
• Psychopharmacology, including the use of atypical antipsychotics and autism, the treatment of tardive dyskinesia, the medical management of ADHD, and side effects of common health medications
• Dietary control and supplement use, the identification and treatment of eating disorders, and use of steroids in adolescence
