Special features of psychopharmacological therapy in children and adolescents

Abstract

Therapy with psychopharmacological agents of particular symptoms and psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents is part of a multi-faceted therapeutic approach including complementary psycho- and socio-therapeutic measures. This applies in particular to the treatment of children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), tics and Tourette's syndrome, elimination disorders (enuresis, encopresis), psychoses, personality disorders, obsessions and compulsions, panic attacks, and anxiety disorders, as well as mood disorders (major depressive disorders and bipolar disorders).