Product Description

The new edition of this book will continue to provide a comprehensive and clear guide to the uses, benefits and impact of psychotropic drugs. The major drug categories are listed and the clinical uses, modes of action and side eddects of principal drugs in each category are described. The text provides drug names in generic as well as both UK and US tradenames. In addition to a comprehensive review of drug treatment organised by condition, the text also addresses important issues for professionals and their clients concerning consent, liability and the management of side effects and withdrawal. The book provides a readable reference source of essential information for professionals to work with their clients in considering treatment options.
This edition has been completely revised and updated to include new drugs and treatment options and continues to address the key concerns for health care professionals around compliance, partnerships in treatment options and issues of accountability in practice. New information in this edition deals with withdrawal from antidepressants, treatment of bipolar disorders and the controversial topic of the use of psychotropic drugs for children.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10348 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

Synopsis
The new edition of this book will continue to provide a comprehensive and clear guide to the uses, benefits and impact of psychotropic drugs. The major drug categories are listed, and the clinical uses, modes of action and side effects of principal drugs in each category are described. The text provides drug names in generic, as well as both UK and US tradenames. In addition to a comprehensive review of drug treatment organised by condition, the text also addresses important issues for professionals and their clients concerning consent, liability and the management of side effects and withdrawal. The book provides a readable reference source of essential information for professionals to work with their clients in considering treatment options. This edition has been completely revised and updated to include new drugs and treatment options, and continues to address the key concerns for health care professionals around compliance, partnerships in treatment options and issues of accountability in practice. New information in this edition deals with withdrawal from antidepressants, treatment of bipolar disorders, and the controversial topic of the use of psychotropic drugs for children.

About the Author
Dr David Healy, Director, North Wales Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Bangor, Wales, UK

Customer Reviews

Excellent, informative and well written read.
Brilliant book that is thought provoking informative. A good formative basis for further study. Good for mental health nurses.

Excellent
I bought this book as a general nurse moving into a new speciality where a lot of patients have co-existing mental health problems, and I was not dissapointed!

The book takes you clearly through each of the major classes of psychiatric drugs, explaining their pharmacology (in so much as it is known), their history, their side effects and so on, in a way which is very easy to understand. I was seeking something a bit beyond memorising names and dosages, and that's exactly what I got - a well-rounded sense of understanding.

Whilst I read the book from cover to cover, I would imagine that it is equally suitable to be dipped into for info as required.

disappointing
this book includes some good information but some areas are unclear and some areas are lacking in information overall useful but a bit disappointing