Prescribing Together
A Relational Guide to Psychopharmacology
- 296 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
What if, rather than acting only as dispensers of medication, mental health clinicians and primary care clinicians treating mental disorders were also collaborators with patients in the prescribing relationship? It's a simple but profound shift in how to think about approaching psychopharmacology, and in Prescribing Together, Warren Kinghorn and Abraham Nussbaum argue that this sort of human-to-human relationship-building is critical to prescribing more effectively and to achieving health equity.
While many other books have focused on what to prescribe for given conditions, this volume is more concerned with how to prescribe: how to talk to patients about medications, how to understand the cultural and social factors that affect how both clinicians and patients relate to medication, and how to build trust in the relationship.
Each chapter offers a practical introduction to at least one key concept or skill, from cultural formation and structural competency to medication concordance and deprescribing. Profiles, rich in personal anecdotes, of a diverse group of accomplished clinicians serve as an engaging, real-life foundation for evidence-based strategies for building strong alliances in the context of 13 mental disorder categories, including: ā¢ Schizophreniaā¢ Bipolar disorderā¢ Major depressive disorderā¢ Generalized anxiety disorderā¢ Neurocognitive disordersā¢ Borderline personality disorder
In drawing a contrast between a dispenser and a collaborator model, Prescribing Together encourages clinicians not just to look at their patients, but to look with them at their lived experience, to understand their stories and interpersonal and social contextsāall with the aim of returning agency to patients and empowering them to set meaningful goals and to be active particpants in their own flourishing.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: From Dispensers to Collaborators
- 2 Relationship Matters
- 3 Prescribing Alliances
- 4 Peak Performance: Prescribing in the Context of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- 5 Visions and Voices: Prescribing in the Context of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
- 6 Stabilization Forces: Prescribing in the Context of Bipolar Disorder
- 7 Frayed Edges: Prescribing in the Context of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders
- 8 Unwelcome Strangers: Prescribing in the Context of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- 9 Building Peace: Prescribing in the Context of Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
- 10 When the Body Speaks: Prescribing in the Context of Somatic Distress
- 11 Befriending the Body: Prescribing in the Context of Eating Disorders
- 12 Getting Clean: Prescribing in the Context of Substance Use Disorders
- 13 Knowing and Being Known: Prescribing in the Context of Neurocognitive Disorders
- 14 Strong Emotions: Prescribing in the Context of Borderline Personality Disorder
- Epilogue: From Fixing to Attending
- Appendix: Alliance Measures
- Index