Advances in Preschool Psychopharmacology

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Preface

PART 1
Psychopharmacology of Preschool Mood, Anxiety and Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Introduction

Psychopharmacology of Psychiatric Disorders in the Preschool Period
Joan L. Luby

Tolerability of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in Thirty-Nine Children Under Age Seven: A Retrospective Chart Review
Marcia L. Zuckerman, Brigid L. Vaughan, Jane Whitney, Alice Dodds, Aleksandra Yakhkind, Carlene MacMillan, Darcy Raches, Iva Pravdova, David Ray DeMaso, William R. Beardslee, and Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich

A Pilot Study of Atomoxetine in Young Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Christopher J. Kratochvil, Brigette S. Vaughan, Michelle L. Mayfield-Jorgensen, John S. March, Scott H. Kollins, Desiree W. Murray, Hima Ravi, Laurence L. Greenhill, Lisa A. Kotler, Natalya Paykina, Patricia Biggins, and Julie Stoner

QT Interval and Dispersion in Very Young Children Treated with Antipsychotic Drugs: A Retrospective Chart Review
Eitan Nahshoni, Sara Spitzer, Michael Berant, Gal Shoval, Gil Zalsman, and Abraham Weizman

Psychotherapeutic Medication Prevalence in Medicaid-Insured Preschoolers
Julie M. Zito, Daniel J. Safer, Satish Valluri, James F. Gardner, James J. Korelitz, and Donald R. Mattison

Psychotropic Prescriptions in a Sample Including Both Healthy and Mood and Disruptive Disordered Preschoolers: Relationships to Diagnosis, Impairment, Prescriber Type, and Assessment Methods
Joan L. Luby, Melissa Meade Stalets, and Andy C. Belden

Proposed Definitions of Bipolar I Disorder Episodes and Daily Rapid Cycling Phenomena in Preschoolers, School-Aged Children, Adolescents, and Adults
Barbara Geller, Rebecca Tillman, and Kristine Bolhofner

Risperidone Treatment of Preschool Children with Thermal Burns and Acute Stress Disorder
Karen G. Meighen, Lori A. Hines, and Ann M. Lagges

Fluoxetine in posttraumatic eating disorder in two-year-old twins
Gonca Celik, Rasim S. Diler RS, Aysegul Y.Tahiroglu, and Ayse Avci 

Three Clinical Cases of DSM-IV Mania Symptoms in Preschoolers
Joan Luby, Mini Tandon, and Ginger Nicol

Risperidone in Preschool Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: An Investigation of Safety and Efficacy
Joan Luby, Christine Mrakotsky, Melissa Meade Stalets, Andy Belden, Amy Heffelfinger, Meghan Williams, and Edward Spitznagel

PART 2
Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Preschool Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Introduction

New Findings from the Preschoolers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Study (PATS)
Mark A. Riddle

Clinical Presentation of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Preschool Children: The Preschoolers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Study (PATS)
Kelly Posner, Glenn A. Melvin, Desiree W. Murray, S. Sonia Gugga, Prudence Fisher, Anne Skrobala, Charles Cunningham, Benedetto Vitiello, Howard B. Abikoff, Jaswinder K. Ghuman, Scott Kollins, Sharon B. Wigal, Tim Wigal, James T. McCracken, James J. McGough, Elizabeth Kastelic, Roy Boorady, Mark Davies, Shirley Z. Chuang, James M. Swanson, Mark A. Riddle, and L.L.Greenhill

Comorbidity Moderates Response to Methylphenidate in the Preschoolers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Study (PATS)
Jaswinder K. Ghuman, Mark A. Riddle, Benedetto Vitiello, Laurence L. Greenhill, Shirley Z. Chuang, Sharon B. Wigal, Scott H. Kollins, Howard B. Abikoff, James T. McCracken, Elizabeth Kastelic, Alexander M. Scharko, James J. McGough, Desiree W. Murray, Lori Evans, James M. Swanson, Tim Wigal, Kelly Posner, Charles Cunningham, Mark Davies, and Anne M. Skrobala

Methylphenidate Effects on Functional Outcomes in the Preschoolers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Study (PATS)
Howard B. Abikoff, Benedetto Vitiello, Mark A. Riddle, Charles Cunningham, Laurence L. Greenhill, James M. Swanson, Shirley Z. Chuang, Mark Davies, Elizabeth Kastelic, Sharon B. Wigal, Lori Evans, Jaswinder K. Ghuman, Scott H. Kollins, James T. McCracken, James J. McGough, Desiree W. Murray , Kelly Posner, Anne M. Skrobala, and Tim Wigal

Effectiveness of Methylphenidate in the 10-Month Continuation Phase of the Preschoolers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Study (PATS)
Benedetto Vitiello, Howard B. Abikoff, Shirley Z. Chuang, Scott H. Kollins, James T. McCracken, Mark A. Riddle, James M. Swanson, Tim Wigal, James J. McGough, Jaswinder K. Ghuman, Sharon B. Wigal, Anne M. Skrobala , Mark Davies, Kelly Posner, Charles Cunningham, and Laurence L. Greenhill

Parent versus Teacher Ratings of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in the Preschoolers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Study (PATS)
Desiree W. Murray, Scott H. Kollins, Kristina K. Hardy, Howard B. Abikoff, James M. Swanson, Charles Cunningham, Benedetto Vitiello, Mark A. Riddle, Mark Davies, Laurence L. Greenhill, James T. McCracken, James J. McGough, Kelly Posner, Anne M. Skrobala, Tim Wigal, Sharon B. Wigal, Jaswinder K. Ghuman, and Shirley Z. Chuang

Factor Structure of Parent- and Teacher-Rated Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in the Preschoolers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Study (PATS)
Kristina K. Hardy, Scott H. Kollins, Desiree W. Murray, Mark A. Riddle, Laurence Greenhill, Charles Cunningham, Howard B. Abikoff, James T. McCracken, Benedetto Vitiello, Mark Davies, James J. McGough, Kelly Posner, Anne M. Skrobala, James M. Swanson, Tim Wigal, Sharon B. Wigal, Jaswinder K. Ghuman, and Shirley Z. Chuang

Effects of Source of DNA on Genotyping Success Rates and Allele Percentages in the Preschoolers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Study (PATS)
James M. Swanson, Robert K. Moyzis, James J. McGough, James T. McCracken, Mark A. Riddle, Scott H. Kollins, Laurence L. Greenhill, Howard B. Abikoff, Tim Wigal, Sharon B. Wigal, Kelly Posner, Anne M. Skrobala, Mark Davies, Jaswinder K. Ghuman, Charles Cunningham, Benedetto Vitiello, Annamarie Stehli, Susan L. Smalley, and Deborah Grady

Pharmacokinetics of Methylphenidate in Preschoolers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Sharon B. Wigal, Suneel Gupta, Laurence Greenhill, Kelly Posner, Marc Lerner, Kenneth Steinhoff, Tim Wigal, Audrey Kapelinski, Jonathan Martinez, Nishit B. Modi, Annamarie Stehli, and James Swanson

PART 3
Review of Treatments for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Preschoolers

Psychopharmacological and Other Treatments in Preschool Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Current Evidence & Practice
Jaswinder K. Ghuman, L Eugene Arnold, Bruno J. Anthony

Index