The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs: Includes The Most Recent Information On: Antidepressants, Tranquilizers and Antianxiety Drugs, ... and Withdrawal Symptoms, and Much, Much More [Mass Market Paperback]

Jack M. Gorman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs | Publication Date: April 15, 1995

Informative, accessible, and easy to use, The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs has become a classic and indispensable resource for the layperson and professional alike. With detailed descriptions of all the psychiatric medications available today, including their uses, side-effects, cost, dosage, and more, consumers can take an active role in their mental health and know what to expect from specific drugs. Completely updated to include the latest drugs and research, this invaluable guide also includes:

-Information on six new antidepressants similar to Prozac, including Paxil, Effexor, and Wellbutrin
-Revolutionary new drug treatments for nicotine addiction
-Depakote, a new treatment for anxiety disorders
-And much more!

Editorial Reviews

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Much ignorance and many misconceptions exist about psychotropic prescription drugs (antidepressants, tranquilizers, antipsychotics, hypnotics, etc.), since people are often reluctant to ask questions about these drugs, even though they are among the most heavily prescribed. This is reason enough to recommend the book; the only minor quibble is some unnecessary repetition in the text. The information is no more technical than is needed to deal with this complex subject; most current comparable titles are aimed at the health practitioner. This book is also far more comprehensible than such readily available titles as the Physicians' Desk Reference .
- Mary Chitty, Massachusetts Coll. of Pharmacy & Allied Health Sciences, Boston
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

"An outstanding book about these drugs for the non-physician." --Carl Salzman, M.D., Director of Psychopharmacology, Harvard Medical School

"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

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; Revised edition (April 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312954581
• ISBN-13: 978-0312954581
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,210,064 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very complete and well documented., February 15, 2006

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This review is from: The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs: Includes The Most Recent Information On: Antidepressants, Tranquilizers and Antianxiety Drugs, ... and Withdrawal Symptoms, and Much, Much More (Mass Market Paperback)

Great as a reference with good lay language. Not exactly something you'd take to the beach with you but with such a huge percentage of the population on psychotropics, pretty informative. Definitely worth buying whether you are a patient, a relative or friend of a patient, a non-psychiatric clinician, a mental health worker or, I daresay, even a psychiatrist!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars COMPLETE AND COMPREHENSIVE, May 27, 2001

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This review is from: The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs: Includes The Most Recent Information On: Antidepressants, Tranquilizers and Antianxiety Drugs, ... and Withdrawal Symptoms, and Much, Much More (Mass Market Paperback)

Dr. Gorman provides the general public and, the medical community, information on psychiatric drugs NOT found in the gazillion other books of this type on the market. I strongly suggest this book to patients currently taking medication or considering it. You will be glad you read it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding book, June 25, 2009

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This review is from: The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs, Revised and Updated (Paperback)

This book is a classic, it takes psychiatric medicine and helps not only the professional but the patient as well to understand the field in great detail, while at the same time keeping it all simplistic. I most strongly recommend this book.