What You Need to Know About Psychiatric Drugs - Hardcover

Yudofsky, Stuart M.D. Et Al

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802112811 ISBN 13: 9780802112811

Publisher: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991

Synopsis

The University of Chicago Department of Psychiatry. Patient education reference for psychiatric patients and their families, and for mental health professionals.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Prepared by a team of nationally respected health professionals, here is the definitive consumer guide to the powerful medications that have revolutionized the treatment of psychological illness, and includes: an alphabetical listing and discussion of the most frequently utilized drugs, cross-referenced to the illness they treat AND their side effects; a review of their effects on special risk groups, such as pregnant women, and the elderly, plus guidelines for finding and evaluating psychiatrists who are knowledgeable in prescribing psychiatric drugs, and much more.

From the Back Cover

You are probably reading this book because you-or a family member or friend-are taking or are considering taking one of the more than a hundred psychiatric prescription drugs now available. Or you may work in a medically related field or be a metal health professional looking for a concise, up-to-date review on the current uses of psychiatric drugs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Grove Weidenfeld
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0802112811
• ISBN 13: 9780802112811
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 646