Download or read book Clinical Evaluation of Psychotropic Drugs for Psychiatric Disorders written by World Health Organization and published by Seattle ; Toronto : Hogrefe & Huber Publishers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychotropic medications have been dramatically successful over the since the 1950s, but severe problems remain. The World Health Organization (WHO) has a legal responsibility to review these drugs, estimate their benefit/risk ratio, help ensure their proper prescription and recommend which ones require international controls. This book utilizes the experience of the WHO to provide information about how such drugs should be evaluated, such as the planning, executing, monitoring, analyzing, interpreting and reporting involved with correctly making such evaluations. Subjects range from the evaluation of drugs from primary studies in healthy volunteers to the longitudinal study of drugs in routine use. Further chapters examine special issues in the evaluations of drug effects upon children and the elderly. There is also a section on study design and a final brief chapter on some transcultural issues.
Download or read book Clinical Evaluation of Psychotropic Drugs written by Robert F. Prien and published by Raven Press (ID). This book was released on 1994 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A source book in clinical methods for the understanding of psycho- pharmacologic agents and clinical evaluation of drugs in the treatment of mental disorder, produced in association with the National Institute of Mental health and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. The volume consists of three main sections. The first addresses the historical context of clinical psychopharmacologic research and guidelines and the decision process involved in drug development and evaluation. Section II addresses broad developments and issues for clinical methodology, providing guidance in research principles, study design and implementation, reporting of study findings, and ethical considerations involving drug evaluations. Section III provides methodologic developments and recommendations for research involving specific patient populations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Clinical Evaluation of Psychotropic Drugs for Psychiatric Disorders written by Paul Grof and published by Hogrefe & Huber Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidelines for the Clinical Evaluation of Antidepressant Drugs written by United States. Food and Drug Administration. Bureau of Drugs and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Methodology of the Evaluation of Psychotropic Drugs written by Otto Benkert and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of placebo-controlled drug trials and the advent of test statistics during the first part of this century were the major milestones in the establishment of a convincing methodology for demonstrating the efficacy of treatments. The first tricyclic and neuroleptic drugs were tested for their efficacy in psychiatric disorders along the lines of these methodological developments, but subsequent trials with psychotropic drugs did not adhere to these principles to the same extent because it became difficult to justify placebo-controlled trials once effective treatments had been established. Consequently, the second generation of an tidepressants and neuroleptics (since the early 1960s) were mainly tested, in Europe at least, in samples of patients using trials controlled by standard treatment only, and the methodological basis of these second generation trials became fragile, as will be demonstrated by several papers in this book. This development did not provoke much discussion until recently, when scientific and administrative interest in the methodology of the evaluation of psychotropic drugs increased substantially. A series of factors contribute to the growing interest in the standards of psychotropic drug trials: 1. The proportion of psychiatric patients resistant to treatment is growing; the efficacy of well-established forms of treatment therefore seems to be limited. 2. A series of psychotropic drugs were withdrawn from the market, mainly because they caused serious side effects. The efficacy and safety ofthese drugs had previously been demonstrated in drug trials, which raised the question whether the drug trials carried out were well-designed.
Download or read book Guidelines for the Clinical Evaluation of Antianxiety Drugs written by United States. Food and Drug Administration and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Evaluation of Psychotropic Drugs written by Paul A. Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mental Disorders in Primary Care written by Andre F. Carvalho and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable guide to psychiatric presentation, diagnosis and treatment in a primary care setting.
Download or read book Psychiatric Drug Study Psychiatric ward written by Susan Gee and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elderly Care Medicine written by Claire G. Nicholl and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-07-23 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elderly Care Medicine Lecture Notes provides all the necessary information, within one short volume, for a sound introduction to the particular characteristics and needs of elderly patients. Presented in a user-friendly format, combining readability with high-quality illustrations, this eighth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect advances in knowledge on how disease presents in elderly people, and changes in management practice, particularly regarding stroke, dementia, delirium, and cancer. New for this edition, Elderly Care Medicine Lecture Notes also features: More treatment tables and boxes throughout for rapid access and revision Expansion of material on polypharmacy and prescribing Discussion of emotional support, counselling and spirituality Advice for doctors on breaking bad news and end-of-life care Consideration of ethical and legal issues A companion website at www.lecturenoteseries.com/elderlycaremed features appendices which can be used as guidelines in a clinical setting, key revision points for each chapter, further reading suggestions, and extended content for specialty training in geriatrics. Not only is this book a great starting point to support initial teaching on the topic, but it is also easy to dip in and out of for reference or revision at the end of a module, rotation or final exams. Whether you need to develop or refresh your knowledge of geriatrics, Elderly Care Medicine Lecture Notes presents 'need to know' information for all those involved in treating elderly people.
Download or read book Psychotropic Drug Handbook written by Paul J. Perry and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Polypharmacy in Psychiatry written by S. Nassir Ghaemi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-05-06 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical reference examines the advantages and disadvantages of polypharmacy in psychiatry, and provides up-to-date clinical guidelines on the appropriate use of combinations of pharmacological therapy in major psychiatric disorders-including multidisciplinary approaches to treatment, such as social work and psychopharmacology, and an examina
Download or read book The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia written by American Psychiatric Association and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2016 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guideline offers clear, concise, and actionable recommendation statements to help clinicians to incorporate recommendations into clinical practice, with the goal of improving quality of care. Each recommendation is given a rating that reflects the level of confidence that potential benefits of an intervention outweigh potential harms.
Download or read book Mental Health written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book First Episode Psychosis written by Katherine J. Aitchison and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-02-17 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this popular handbook has been thoroughly updated to include the latest data concerning treatment of first-episode patients. Drawing from their experience, the authors discuss the presentation and assessment of the first psychotic episode and review the appropriate use of antipsychotic agents and psychosocial approaches in effective management.
Download or read book American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines written by American Psychiatric Association and published by American Psychiatric Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline series is to improve patient care. Guidelines provide a comprehensive synthesis of all available information relevant to the clinical topic. Practice guidelines can be vehicles for educating psychiatrists, other medical and mental health professionals, and the general public about appropriate and inappropriate treatments. The series also will identify those areas in which critical information is lacking and in which research could be expected to improve clinical decisions. The Practice Guidelines are also designed to help those charged with overseeing the utilization and reimbursement of psychiatric services to develop more scientifically based and clinically sensitive criteria.
Download or read book Handbook of Psychiatric Drugs written by Jeffrey A. Lieberman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-05-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Psychiatric Drugs is a comprehensive, clear, concise and quick reference to psychiatric drug therapies, designed to guide the clinician on the selection and implementation of treatment for mental illness. Each chapter is organised by drug class and follows a standard format for ease of use. Concise sections on pharmacology and indications for use are followed by detailed information on drug selection, initiation and maintenance of treatment and withdrawal. Adverse effects, contraindications and drug interactions are also reviewed in detail, along with issues such as treatment resistance and treatment evaluation. A handy pocket-sized drug reference, the Handbook of Psychiatric Drugs makes it easy to keep up-to-date with new developments. It is an invaluable resource for all clinicians who use psychiatric drugs to treat medical and psychiatric illness, and an informative read for all those with an interest in the subject.
