Pediatric Psychopharmacology for Prepubertal Internalizing Disorders

Autor: John S. Carlson, Tamara DeHay, Tom Kubiszyn
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: School Psychology Quarterly. 20:135-154
ISSN: 1939-1560
1045-3830
DOI: 10.1521/scpq.20.2.135.66513
Popis: Evidence-based studies of drug, psychosocial and combined treatments for prepubertal internalizing disorders (depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder [OCD], and non-OCD anxiety) were reviewed. No age effects were found. Although no combined studies met evidence-based criteria, efficacious and possibly efficacious psychosocial and pharmacological treatments were identified, along with safety concerns for drug treatments. Evidentiary support favored psychosocial treatment for non-OCD anxiety disorders and pharmacological treatments for OCD, with mixed results for depression. Cost-benefit considerations suggest psychosocial treatments should be considered the first choice for at least anxiety and depression, except in unusual cases where stabilization may require pharmacological intervention first.
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