| Description |
xvii, 356 pages 28 cm + 1 CD-rom (4 3/4 OM.) |
| Contents |
Antianxiety medications -- Medications for treatment of insomnia -- Antidepressants : selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and mixed-action antidepressants -- Tricyclic antidepressants -- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors -- Mood stabilizers -- First-generation antipsychotics -- Second-generation antipsychotics -- Treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults -- Stimulants -- Cognitive enhancers for treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia |
| Summary |
"The groundbreaking What Your Patients Need to Know About Psychiatric Medications provides practical - and essential - information for psychiatric patients. Individualized medication sheets present crucial facts about currently prescribed psychiatric medications in an easily accessible format." "Highly informative, accurate, and up-to-date, What Your Patients Need to Know About Psychiatric Medications is destined to become a classic: clinical psychiatrists will feel comfortable "prescribing" this book, patient advocacy groups and county or state mental health organizations will find it useful when standardizing informed consent, and patients and their families will welcome its user-friendly presentation of complex material."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
System requirements for accompanying DC-ROM: Any PC or Macintosh computer with a recent version |
| Subject |
Psychotropic drugs -- Popular works.
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| Author |
Yudofsky, Stuart C.
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Chew, Robert H., 1949-
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| LC no. |
2004026970 |
| ISBN |
1585622036 spiralbound alkaline paper |
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