Culturally adapted pharmacotherapy and the integrative formulation.
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.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Howard University, 2041 Georgia Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20060, USA. mamalik@howard.edu
Mansoor
M
Malik
James
J
Lake
William B
WB
Lawson
Shashank V
SV
Joshi
D000293:Adolescent; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D055048:Integrative Medicine; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011600:Psychopharmacology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs