Psychotherapy Psychotherapy is the first-line treatment for most child and adolescent psychiatric disorders, because this type of treatment generally produces outcomes similar to pharmacotherapy, with less risk of harm. Even with disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder…
Psychopharmacology is the first-line treatment for several child and adolescent psychiatric disorders (e.g., ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar) and is used adjunctively with psychosocial treatments for other disorders (or coexisting conditions), including anxiety, depression, autism spectrum, tic, trauma-related, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Although…
It is estimated that 20% of children living in the United States experience a mental illness in a given year, at a cost of almost $14 billion. In children, mental illness is more prevalent than leukemia, diabetes, and AIDS combined;…