Handbook of Psychiatric Drug Therapy - Softcover

Hyman, Steven E.; Arana, George W.; Rosenbaum, J. F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316049468 ISBN 13: 9780316049467

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1995

Synopsis

This thoroughly updated edition of Handbook of Psychiatric Drug Therapy is a straightforward guide to prescribing for patients with psychiatric disorders. Complete yet concise, this helpful pocket reference provides practical clinical information as well as an overview of psychopharmacology.
The handbook begins with a section on specific psychiatric disorders and clinical situations and a discussion of pharmacology. Chapters are then organized according to major classes of drugs used in clinical practice, including antipsychotic agents, antidepressants, lithium, anticonvulsants, and benzodiazepines and other anxiolytic drugs, with practical discussions on drug selection. For each agent, the authors cover mechanisms of action, indications and therapeutic uses, side effects and toxicity, and interactions with other drugs.
Practicing psychiatrists and psychiatry residents, primary care physicians, and psychiatric nurses will find the third edition of this popular Handbook a useful, reliable aid in carefully and effectively prescribing psychiatric drugs.

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Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Volume 68, Issue 2 -- "This book remains an essential tool for the busy resident in psychiatric training, the psychiatrist preparing for board examinations, and the clinical practitioner in psychiatry and allied professions. Much like a new car, a few changes in the body design may surprise fans of the earlier editions, but like earlier editions, this handbook will become a well-thumbed resource for clinical practice."-Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Volume 2, Issue 68 -- "This book remains an essential tool for the busy resident in psychiatric training, the psychiatrist preparing for board examinations, and the clinical practitioner in psychiatry and allied professions. Much like a new car, a few changes in the body design may surprise fans of the earlier editions, but like earlier editions, this handbook will become a well-thumbed resource for clinical practice."

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0316049468
• ISBN 13: 9780316049467
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 221