ISBN:
9780702083907
Copyright:
2023
Publication Date:
07-17-2022
Page Count:
356
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$40.99
Psychiatric Drugs Explained, 7th Edition
by David Healy, MD, FRCPsych
Paperback
ISBN:
9780702083907
Copyright:
2023
Publication Date:
07-17-2022
Page Count:
356
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$40.99
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Psychiatric Drugs Explained offers a wealth of evidence-based information on psychiatric drugs in an easy-to-use format that can be quickly referenced in the clinical setting. Written by internationally recognised author Dr David Healy, the book provides a comprehensive review of drug effects, action and side-effects. There is an emphasis on the lived experience of patients, providing the reader with a sense of what the adverse effects of drugs might feel like to those who use them. A reader-friendly approach and clear layout, with information organised by disorder, make this popular title accessible and useful not only to nursing staff, but to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
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- Quick reference guide suitable for all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Helpful boxes on user issues make potential complications easy to spot
- Distinctive, reader-friendly style helps the reader understand the benefits and impacts of psychotropic drugs
- New topics include management of dependence disorders, stimulants and drugs for children, cognitive impairment and sleep disorders
- The only book with detailed coverage of the sexual side effects of psychiatric drugs and the abusive prescribing of prescription drugs
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Section 1 Management of the psychoses
1 The antipsychotics
2. Antipsychotic side effects and their management
Section 2 Management of depression
3. The antidepressants
4. Side effects of antidepressants
Section 3 Management of bipolar disorders
5. Management of acute bipolar disorder
6. Mood-stabilisers
Section 4 Stimulants & Drugs for children
7. Stimulants & Drugs for children
Section 5 Management of anxiety
8. The anxiety disorders
10. Benzodiazepine anxiolytics
11. Anxiolysis and the serotonin system
12. Beta-blockers and anxiety
Section 6 Management of sleep disorders and insomnia
13. Sleep disorders and insomnia
14. Non-pharmacological management of insomnia
15. Hypnotics
16. Sedatives
Section 7 Management of cognitive impairment
17. Cognitive enhancement and the dementias
18. Cognitive enhancement and neuroprotection
Section 8 Management of sexual difficulties
19. The range of sexual difficulties
20. Effects of drugs on aspects of sexual functioning
Section 9 Management of dependence and withdrawal
21. Dependence & Withdrawal
22. Dependence & Craving
23. Dependence & Protracted Withdrawal
Section 10 Consent, abuse and liability
24. Consent
25. Pharmacological abuse
Section 11 The marketing of tranquillity
26. The ethical industry
27. Evidence-biased care
28. Marketing & Risk
29. From healthcare to pharmageddon -
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