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Psychotropic drug handbook / Paul J. Perry ... [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.Edition: 8th edDescription: xiv, 719 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0781762731
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 615/.788 22
LOC classification:
  • RM315 .P44 2007
NLM classification:
  • QV 39
Online resources:
Contents:
Antipsychotics -- Antidepressants -- Mood stabilizers -- Antianxiety agents (anxiolytics) -- Hypnotics -- Psychotropic drug treatment of alcohol and drug dependence -- Drug interactions -- Management of acute drug withdrawal -- Electroconvulsive therapy -- Pharmacotherapy of childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders -- Geriatrics.
Summary: This succinct handbook provides students and practitioners with clinically relevant psychotropic drug information. The Eighth Edition is designed as a reference text that also teaches by delivering informative narrative text under standard headlines with references. Its focus goes beyond drug information to cover pharmacotherapy applications. The book provides detailed, well-referenced, evidence-based information on a wide range of psychotropic drugs, including mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and antianxiety agents. This edition has new chapters on pediatric and geriatric psychopharmacotherapy; new content on antipsychotics, hypnotics, medications used in treating alcoholism and substance dependence, and electroconvulsive therapy; and new algorithms, appendices, and tables.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books KMTC:LAKE VICTORIA CAMPUS General Stacks RM315 .P44 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available LVC/1088
Books Books KMTC:LAKE VICTORIA CAMPUS General Stacks RM315 .P44 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available LVC/1089

Rev. ed. of: Psychotropic drug handbook / Paul J. Perry, Bruce Alexander, Barry I. Liskow. 7th ed. c1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Antipsychotics -- Antidepressants -- Mood stabilizers -- Antianxiety agents (anxiolytics) -- Hypnotics -- Psychotropic drug treatment of alcohol and drug dependence -- Drug interactions -- Management of acute drug withdrawal -- Electroconvulsive therapy -- Pharmacotherapy of childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders -- Geriatrics.

This succinct handbook provides students and practitioners with clinically relevant psychotropic drug information. The Eighth Edition is designed as a reference text that also teaches by delivering informative narrative text under standard headlines with references. Its focus goes beyond drug information to cover pharmacotherapy applications. The book provides detailed, well-referenced, evidence-based information on a wide range of psychotropic drugs, including mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and antianxiety agents. This edition has new chapters on pediatric and geriatric psychopharmacotherapy; new content on antipsychotics, hypnotics, medications used in treating alcoholism and substance dependence, and electroconvulsive therapy; and new algorithms, appendices, and tables.

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