The Use of Psychoactive Drugs in the Outpatient Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders of Children
Abstract
Three outpatient treatment patterns involving the use of psychoactive drugs for children are described. In discussing each treatment mode, the author stresses the setting, in which at least three persons interact—the child, a parent, and the physician. He suggests that in this human context of psychopharmacotherapy the essential pharmacological actions of the drug may be either enhanced or diminished.
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