Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Howard University, 2041 Georgia Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20060, USA.
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2010 Oct;19(4):791-814. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.08.003.
There are important ethnic variations in metabolism, response, and tolerability of psychotropic medications. There has been a dramatic expansion of use of psychotropic medications in children in recent years. This article reviews the literature on the role of race and ethnicity in psychopharmacology as it relates to children and adolescents, examines what is known thus far about complementary and alternative medicine approaches in pediatric psychopharmacology, and presents a method to engage patients and families of varying educational and cultural backgrounds in pharmacotherapeutic treatment.
在精神药物的代谢、反应和耐受性方面存在重要的种族差异。近年来,儿童精神药物的使用急剧增加。本文回顾了种族和民族在儿童和青少年精神药理学中的作用的文献,检查了目前对儿童精神药理学中补充和替代医学方法的了解,并提出了一种方法,使具有不同教育和文化背景的患者及其家属参与药物治疗。