This is a pocket guide to drug therapy for psychiatric disorders. It offers discussions about the scientific basis of therapy, along with pragmatic prescribing information. The authors see the book as a series of "verbal algorithms" that help the reader sort through treatment alternatives.

Handbook of Psychiatric Drug Therapy

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Arana, George W.

Hyman, Steven E.

Psychology & Counseling

Little. Brown and Company

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.

Medical Books

Rosenbaum, J. F.

Nursing

Little,Brown & Co

Handbook of psychiatric drug therapy

Medicine

Little,Brown

This edition of this manual contains facts and advice for clinicians on the effective management of psychiatric emergencies. Presenting complete differential diagnoses and principles of management for the full range of psychiatric crises, the manual is organized into five concise parts: fundamental topics in emergency psychiatry; special problems and patient populations; emergency evaluation and treatment of major psychiatric disorders; medical-psychiatric emergencies; and drug abuse emergencies. Revised and expanded, the third edition features new chapters on emergency evaluation of children and adolescents, homeless patients, psychiatric symptoms of HIV infection and AIDS, mentally retarded patients and emergency department repeaters, as well as a new appendix on interpreting drug screens.

Manual of Psychiatric Emergencies (LITTLE, BROWN SPIRAL MANUAL)

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. New edition of a quick-reference pocket manual for hospital psychiatrists and physicians. Outline format. Wire spiral binding. Previous edition 1988. 30 U.S. contributors. DNLM: Crisis Intervention - handbooks.

Thoroughly updated for its Fifth Edition, this quick-reference handbook provides complete information on the major classes of drugs used in current psychiatric practice—including a new chapter on psychotropics for treating substance use disorders. Coverage of each drug class includes mechanisms of action, indications, therapeutic uses, side effects, interactions, and caveats regarding special populations such as pregnant and elderly patients. The book gives specific prescribing recommendations—including dosage and how long to use—for individual drugs. Tables provide at-a-glance information and a disease-specific table of contents directs readers quickly to relevant drug chapters. This edition is available electronically for PDAs. See PDA listing for details on Labbate, Rosenbaum, Arana and Hyman, Handbook of Psychiatric Drug Therapy for PDA, Version 2.0.

Handbook Of Psychiatric Drug Therapy

Labbate, Lawrence A.

Fava, Maurizio

Mental Health

Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins

Depression

Taylor&Francis

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