Facts for Families provided by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry are fact sheets with information on issues related to child and adolescent development and psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. A selection from the available sheets are provided below.
ADHD
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Anxiety
Aspergers Disorder
Autism
Bedwetting
Bipolar Disorder/Manic-Depression
Child Abuse
Conduct Disorders
Depression
Eating DisordersLearning Disabilities
Medication
Mental Retardation
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Oppositional-Defiant Disorder
Panic Disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Schizophrenia
Sleep Problems
Tourettes'/Tic Disorders
Additionally AACAP provides extensive educational information on specific disorders through their eAACAP Resource Center, which include the following:
Anxiety Disorders
Autism
Bipolar Disorder
Conduct DisorderDepression
Disaster/Trauma
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
The following attachments are made available as a courtesy from our Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Faculty to their patients:
- Abilify
- Adderall
- BuSpar
- Clonidine
- Concerta
- Depakote
- Geodon
- Lexapro
- Lithium
- Luvox
- Paxil
- Prozac
- Risperdal
- Ritalin
- Seroquel
- Tenex
- Topamax
- Trileptal
- Wellbutrin
- Zoloft
- Zyprexa