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Thinking About Prescribing: The Psychology of Psychopharmacology with

Diverse Youth and Families
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Our remedies are only largely as good as the way in which we dispense them. Thats the central premise of Thinking About Prescribing, a new volume that encourages psychopharmacotherapists to view the prescribing of a medication to young patients not as the beginning of the end of a therapeutic conversation, but rather as the beginning of an ongoing alliance with youths and their parents or legal guardians. The book makes the case for a partnership that doesnt lean on psychiatric jargon or an encyclopedic list of side effects, but instead on measured candor, vulnerability, and-most importantly-time. Thinking About Prescribing leverages the knowledge of more than two dozen experts as it tackles topics that include: * Understanding the psychodynamics of medication use in adolescents with serious mental illness* Engaging in psychoeducation with patients and their families* Being cognizant of the synergistic role of pediatricians, advanced practice clinicians, other primary care providers, and psychotherapists* Prescribing via telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic* Working with diverse youth and their families Many of the chapters feature key takeaways and conclusions that distill the most salient points and that aid in knowledge retention. Rather than raise unrealistic expectations (two chapters acknowledge the reality of practicing when time and resources are scarce), the goal of this book is to help psychopharmacotherapists dispel any feelings of stigma, apprehension, or resignation their patients may have and to instead build a trusting therapeutic relationship.

IntroductionChapter 1: Think Again About Prescribing: The Psychology of PsychopharmacologyChapter 2:The Many Facets of Alliance: The Y-Model, Applied to Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult PsychopharmacotherapyChapter 3: Psychodynamics of Medication Use in Youth With Serious Mental IllnessChapter 4: "Whats In It For Me?": Adapting Evidence-Based Motivation and Therapy Techniques to Adolescent PsychiatryChapter 5: Providing Psychoeducation in PharmacotherapyChapter 6: #KeepItReal: The Myth of the "Med Check" and the Realities of the Time-Limited Pharmacotherapy VisitChapter 7: Pharmacotherapy or Psychopharmacotherapy: When Therapist and Pharmacologist Are Different People, or the Same PersonChapter 8: The Pharmacotherapeutic Role of the Pediatrician, Advanced Practice Clinician, and Other Primary Care ProvidersChapter 9: The Pharmacotherapeutic Alliance in School Mental HealthChapter 10: When Time Is Tight and Stakes Are High: Pharmacotherapy, Alliances, and the Inpatient UnitChapter 11: Telepsychiatry Goes Viral: Psychotherapeutic Aspects of Prescribing Via Telemedicine Amidst COVID-19Chapter 12: Alliance Issues to Consider in Pharmacotherapy With Transition Age YouthChapter 13: The Pharmacotherapeutic Alliance When Working With Diverse Youth and FamiliesChapter 14: The Psychopharmacotherapeutic Alliance When Resources Are LimitedChapter 15: Building a Therapeutic Alliance in Psychopharmacology During Clinical Trials: Ethical and Practical ConsiderationsChapter 16: The Power of PlaceboChapter 17: The "Good Enough" Pediatric Pharmacotherapist: Practical Pointers in Six ParablesChapter 18: Teaching and Mentoring the Next Generation of Pediatric PsychopharmacotherapistsGratitude

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