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Disorders, Symptoms, and Their Pharmacotherapy

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In this chapter, the issue of the relationship of diagnoses and dimensions to potential pharmacotherapeutic agents will be examined. The scope of this chapter does not include differential diagnoses, nor does it claim to cover the clinical aspects of any disorder in detail. For more in-depth diagnostic considerations, the reader should consult more comprehensive diagnostic texts in child and adolescent psychiatry.1–3

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Botteron, K., Geller, B. (1999). Disorders, Symptoms, and Their Pharmacotherapy. In: Werry, J.S., Aman, M.G. (eds) Practitioner’s Guide to Psychoactive Drugs for Children and Adolescents. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0086-9_7

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