Download or read book A Consumer s Guide to Psychiatric Drugs written by John Preston and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now fully revised and updated, this essential guide provides comprehensive coverage of the latest treatments for anxiety, mood, and psychotic disorders.
Download or read book The Handbook of Psychiatric Drugs written by Bernard Salzman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1996-12 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a clinical psychiatrist with over twenty-five years' experience in drug counseling, this handbook will answer your questions about the consequences of mind-altering drugs on the body's systems.
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs written by Jack M. Gorman and published by . This book was released on 1997-07 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide has become a classic, an accessible & easy-to-read handbook that contains everything consumers need to know about psychiatric medications. The text, geared for both the public & the therapist alike, is an authoritative guide that allows patients & their families to understand the full implications of any psychiatric drug that has been prescribed. Completely updated with a new look at Prozac, Dr. Gorman's book will help those who already receive treatment understand more about side effects & possible withdrawal symptoms, & will help others who are considering such medication to make the right decision.
Download or read book What You Need to Know about Psychiatric Drugs written by Stuart Yudofsky and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared by a team of nationally respected health professionals, here is the definitive consumer guide to the powerful medications that have revolutionized the treatment of psychological illness, and includes: an alphabetical listing and discussion of the most frequently utilized drugs, cross-referenced to the illness they treat AND their side effects; a review of their effects on special risk groups, such as pregnant women, and the elderly, plus guidelines for finding and evaluating psychiatrists who are knowledgeable in prescribing psychiatric drugs, and much more.
Download or read book Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs written by Gorman and published by Saint Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 1991-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal written by Peter Roger Breggin and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart
Download or read book No Nonsense Guide to Psychiatric Drugs written by Moira Dolan and published by Moira Dolan. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever experienced brain fog, strange moods, or suicidal thinking while on a prescription medication? Do you wonder if your doctor gave you all the necessary warnings about the mental effects of what has been prescribed? Do you sometimes think you might not need to be on all those drugs? Chances are you have not been given the opportunity for Informed Consent, because you were not told what is really known (and not known) about what the drug is doing in the body and brain, its possible side mental effects, what's known and not known about its safety, and the actual evidence regarding how well it works (or not). Any drug that causes changes in mind, mood, emotion or behavior is, by definition, a psychotropic agent, regardless of whether it is prescribed in a psychiatric setting. Psychiatric drugs have the potential to cause the very things they claim to treat, or worse. Even common, non-psychiatric medications can have profound mental effects. In today's assembly line health care with ten-minute office visits, often with only a non-physician assistant or nurse, the quick fix of dispensing a prescription almost never includes a thorough discussion of the factors you would really need to make a well-considered decision about accepting a drug. This user-friendly no-nonsense guide empowers the health care consumer with the basics in order to make informed decisions about psychiatric drugs and other meds with unsuspected mind-bending effects. Dr. Dolan is passionate about patient empowerment and believes being an informed consumer is the only protection against becoming a victim of your medications.
Download or read book Handbook of Psychiatric Drugs written by Lawrence J. Albers and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a comprehensive reference guide to various psychiatric drug therapies; and describes drug interactions, treatment resistance, and treatment evaluation.
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs Revised and Updated written by Jack M. Gorman, M.D. and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2007-12-10 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 150,000 copies in print, 4th Edition GET THE FACTS. GET THE BEST TREATMENT. GET BETTER The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs has become a classic and indispensable resource for the layperson and professional alike. Informative, accessible, and easy to use, this newly revised and updated resource presents comprehensive information on the latest drugs and research, covering most adult mental health problems. It also includes balanced information on controversial topics like the risk of suicide from antidepressants and the risk of obesity and diabetes from antipsychotics. This book will help people with psychiatric problems, as well as their concerned families and friends, to better understand when drug therapy should be considered, which drugs should be used, for how long, and what side effects are expected. Includes the latest information on: -Antidepressants -Antipsychotics -Side effects and withdrawal symptoms -Specific usage, dosage duration, and efficacy “This book…meets a critical need…for the millions of people for whom psychiatric drugs are so important.” -Herbert Pardes, past President of the American Psychiatric Association. Jack M. Gorman, M.D. has been involved in psychiatric research, teaching, and patient care for more than two decades. He has been Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School, and lectures frequently throughout the country. He is the author of The Essential Guide to Mental Health.
Download or read book Prescribing Mental Health Medication written by Christopher M. Doran and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prescribing Mental Health Medication is a text for practitioners who treat mental disorders with medication. It explains the entire process of medication assessment, management and follow up for general medical practitioners, mental health practitioners, students, residents, prescribing nurses and others perfecting this skill. Already used by providers and training institutions throughout the world, the newly revised second edition is completely updated and focuses on the following key issues: How to determine if medication is needed Proper dosing and how to start and stop medication When to change medication Dealing with difficult patients Specific mental health symptoms and appropriate medication Special populations including pregnant women, substance abusers, children and adolescents, and the elderly Monitoring medication with blood levels Management of medication side effects and avoidance of medication risk The misuse of medication Prescription of generic preparations Prescriptions via the Internet, telemedicine, and electronic medical records Organizing a prescriptive office and record-keeping Completely updated, this text includes information on all psychotropic medications in use in the United States and the United Kingdom. It incorporates clinical tips, sample dialogues for talking about medications to patients, and information specifically relevant in primary care settings.
Download or read book Pocket Psych Drugs written by Darlene D. Pedersen and published by . This book was released on 2009-07-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monographs, organized alphabetically by generic name, detailing geriatric, pediatric, and substance abuse considerations, as well as clinical assessments and clinical alerts highlighting essential patient safety information for the clinician at "point-of-care." Coverage of psychopharmacology and psychobiology, including...pharmacodynamics - pharmacokinetics - drug-herbal interactions - therapeutic drug classes - and side effects associated with specific classes. Common and therapeutic lab values, as well as clozaril protocol. Tools Tab featuring...common abbreviations - medication assessment tool - psychotropic approximate dose equivalencies - pregnancy categories - controlled substances schedules - BMI and metabolic syndrome and - conversion of trade to generic names. FDA-approved "Black Box Warnings" highlighting serious risks and precautions.
Download or read book Psychiatric Medications for Older Adults written by Carl Salzman and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pharmacotherapy can improve the quality of life for older adults with psychiatric problems. Yet prescribing is typically complicated by the affects of normal aging, challenges in diagnosis and more. From the editor of the leading textbook on geriatric pharmacology, this quick reference guide presents the vital information needed to develop and monitor safe, effective psychiatric regimens for older adults.
Download or read book Anatomy of an Epidemic written by Robert Whitaker and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated with bonus material, including a new foreword and afterword with new research, this New York Times bestseller is essential reading for a time when mental health is constantly in the news. In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over the past two decades? Interwoven with Whitaker’s groundbreaking analysis of the merits of psychiatric medications are the personal stories of children and adults swept up in this epidemic. As Anatomy of an Epidemic reveals, other societies have begun to alter their use of psychiatric medications and are now reporting much improved outcomes . . . so why can’t such change happen here in the United States? Why have the results from these long-term studies—all of which point to the same startling conclusion—been kept from the public? Our nation has been hit by an epidemic of disabling mental illness, and yet, as Anatomy of an Epidemic reveals, the medical blueprints for curbing that epidemic have already been drawn up. Praise for Anatomy of an Epidemic “The timing of Robert Whitaker’s Anatomy of an Epidemic, a comprehensive and highly readable history of psychiatry in the United States, couldn’t be better.”—Salon “Anatomy of an Epidemic offers some answers, charting controversial ground with mystery-novel pacing.”—TIME “Lucid, pointed and important, Anatomy of an Epidemic should be required reading for anyone considering extended use of psychiatric medicine. Whitaker is at the height of his powers.” —Greg Critser, author of Generation Rx
Download or read book Pocket Psych Drugs Point of Care Clinical Guide written by Darlene D Pedersen and published by F.A. Davis. This book was released on 2017-01-04 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crucial, on-the-go drug information! From alprazolam to zolpidem—this handy guide delivers quick access to the important pharmacologic content for 80 psychotropic drugs. Organized by generic name, each monograph covers indications (including off-label use
Download or read book Drug Information written by Bonnie Snow and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for use as a self-study text, as a course text in more formal instruction programs, or as a refresher for the busy professional, the book includes valuable background data on legal and regulatory issues, as well as pharmaceutical technology.
Download or read book Toxic Psychiatry written by Peter R. Breggin, M.D. and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prozac, Xanax, Halcion, Haldol, Lithium. These psychiatric drugs--and dozens of other short-term "solutions"--are being prescribed by doctors across the country as a quick antidote to depression, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other psychiatric problems. But at what cost? In this searing, myth-shattering exposé, psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin, M.D., breaks through the hype and false promises surrounding the "New Psychiatry" and shows how dangerous, even potentially brain-damaging, many of its drugs and treatments are. He asserts that: psychiatric drugs are spreading an epidemic of long-term brain damage; mental "illnesses" like schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety disorder have never been proven to be genetic or even physical in origin, but are under the jurisdiction of medical doctors; millions of schoolchildren, housewives, elderly people, and others are labeled with medical diagnoses and treated with authoritarian interventions, rather than being patiently listened to, understood, and helped. Toxic Psychiatry sounds a passionate, much-needed wake-up call for everyone who plays a part, active or passive, in America's ever-increasing dependence on harmful psychiatric drugs.
Download or read book Kaplan Sadock s Pocket Handbook of Psychiatric Drug Treatment written by Benjamin Sadock and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of Kaplan & Sadock’s Pocket Handbook of Psychiatric Drug Treatment reflects the recent and widespread trends in psychiatric drug treatment and is essential for psychiatrists, psychiatry residents and fellows, and other medical professionals who need current information on psychopharmacology. Kaplan & Sadock’s Pocket Handbook of Psychiatric Drug Treatment offers updated and revised sections as well as new chapters with all of the latest drugs included. All of the drugs are listed alphabetically with an accompanying seven part section that includes everything from the drug’s name to its side effects and allergic reactions. The beginning of the book showcases a chart of drugs and the chapter where each drug is discussed. Additionally, the book features a classification system based on pharmacologic activity and mechanism of action as this approach is more commonly used in clinical settings.
