Medication Fact Book for Psychiatric Practice - Softcover

Puzantian, Talia; Carlat, Daniel

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Synopsis

The Medication Fact Book is a comprehensive reference guide covering all the important facts, from cost to pharmacokinetics, about the most commonly prescribed medications in psychiatry. Composed of single-page, reader-friendly fact sheets, treatment algorithms, and quick-scan medication tables, this book offers guidance, clinical pearls, and bottom-line assessments of more than 100 of the most common medications you use and are asked about in your practice.


Get the information you need at a glance:

  • Off-label uses
  • Dosages and generic availability
  • Mechanisms of action
  • Cost information
  • Bottom-line impressions


This revised edition features:

  • 173 fact sheets
  • 33 reference tables
  • Plus, eight appendices and 10 treatment algorithms

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About the Authors

Talia Puzantian, PharmD, BCPP, is a professor of clinical sciences at Keck Graduate Institute School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Claremont, CA. She is the deputy editor of The Carlat Report newsletters and co-author of the Child Medication Fact Book for Psychiatric Practice.

Daniel J. Carlat, MD, is the founder and president of Carlat Publishing and is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine.

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