This important book synthesises findings about drug treatments for children with a broad range of psychiatric disorders.

List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Child and adolescent psychopharmacology at the turn of the millennium Charles W. Popper; 2. Developmental psychopharmacology Normand Carrey, Paul Mendella, Frank P. MacMaster and Stan Kutcher; 3. Clinical aspects of child and adolescent psychopharmacology Gabrielle A. Carlson; 4. Depression Neal D. Ryan; 5. Bipolar mood disorders: diagnosis, etiology and treatment Vivek Kusumakar, Lorraine Lazier, Frank P. MacMaster and Darcy Santor; 6. Schizophrenia and related psychoses Keith Marriage; 7. Obsessive-compulsive disorder Douglas A. Beer, Mai Karitani, Henrietta L. Leonard, John S. March and Susan E. Swedo; 8. Anxiety disorders E. Jane Garland; 9. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Thomas Spencer, Joseph Biederman and Timothy Wilens; 10. Pervasive development disorder Sandra N. Fisman; 11. Aggressive behaviour Deborah Lynn and Bryan H. King; 12. Adolescent substance use disorder K. A. Hussain Mirza; 13. Tic disorders and Tourette's syndrome John T. Walkup; 14. Eating disorders and related disturbances Lisa A. Kotler, Michael J. Devlin and B. Timothy Walsh; 15. Medical psychiatric conditions Daniel S. Pine, Elizabeth Cohen and Yana Brayman; Index.