
- 496 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry
About this book
Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry, 2E is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the 'must-have' information that psychiatrists and mental health professionals need to know.
KEY FEATURES
• A–Z list of most commonly prescribed drugs with the prescribing information
• Covers safety issues, warnings, drug errors and adverse effects
• Practical guidance on drug selection, plus protocols and guidelines
• Advice for complicated prescriptions and drug interactions
• Endorsed by the British Association for Psychopharmacology
UPDATED IN THIS SECOND EDITION
• New sections on prescribing in neuropsychiatric, eating, and perinatal disorders
• Useful advice on range of prescribing
situations e.g. contraception, tapering, common
physical health disorders.
• Reworked emergencies chapter: relevant to the
busy on-call clinician in a psychiatric hospital
This book provides the key essential information for all mental health professionals prescribing drugs and is essential for psychiatrists, mental health nurses, primary care physicians, psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors and anyone caring for people with mental health issues.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- How to Use This Book
- List of Abbreviations
- How to Prescribe Safely
- Common/useful drugs
- Disorders
- Other prescribing considerations
- Non-pharmacological treatments
- Basic psychopharmacology
- Emergencies
- Reference information
- Index