Psychiatric Drugs Explained

Name: Psychiatric Drugs Explained
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ISBN: 9780702029974

ISBN-10: 0702029971

ISBN-13: 9780702029974

Edition: 5th 2009

Authors: David Healy

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"Psychiatric Drugs Explained contains a clear and comprehensive guide to the uses, benefits and impact of psychotropic drugs. It explains how people taking the drugs experience their side effects compared to the benefits they may bring. The fifth edition has been fully revised and updated to include the latest thinking on the rationale for drug treatments to help mental health professionals and service users understand therapeutic decision making."--BOOK JACKET.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 12/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

David Healy is a professor of psychiatry and the director of the North Wales Department of Psychological Medicine at Cardiff University. He is the author of several books on the history of psychopharmaceuticals, including Let Them Eat Prozac, The Antidepressant Era, and The Creation of Psychopharmacology.




Introduction



Management of psychoses



Management of depression



Management of bipolar disorders



Drugs for children



Management of anxiety



Management of sleep disorders and insomnia



Management of cognitive impairment



Management of sexual difficulties



Management of dependence and withdrawal



Consent, abuse and liability



The marketing of tranquillity



Mental health websites


Index