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Parents med guide

The American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry have developed two medication guides - the most recent, ADHD Parents Medication Guide, and The Use of Medication in Treating Childhood and Adolescent Depression: Information for Patients and Families. These guides are designed to help patients, families, and physicians make informed decisions about obtaining and administering the most appropriate care for a child with ADHD or depression.

Hopefully they'll eventually publish a guide to medication for kids with autism, but since many kids/teens with autism also have ADHD or develop a depression, I thought I'd post the link. 

http://www.psych.org/share/parents-med-guide.aspx


Thank you! Here's another one for ADHD, "Responsible Rx Parent Starter Kit"

http://www.nclnet.org/responsiblerx/downloads/pdf/Parent%20S tarter%20Kit.pdf

 

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