Now a standard, this reference appears in its third edition, updated with the latest information on new psychiatric drugs, including antidepressants, new drug treatments for schizophrenia, and the latest treatments for anxiety and eating disorders.
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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.
- 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.
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"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
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"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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hard candies containing sugar, preceding side effects, dizziness after standing, counteracting medications, certain abnormal heart rhythms, drug bethanechol, month for medication management, benzodiazepine sleeping pills, traditional antipsychotic drugs, panic control therapy, counteracting drugs, sugarless hard candies, cyclic drugs, older antipsychotic drugs, benzodiazepine antianxiety drugs, less common side effects, other antipsychotic drugs, many psychiatric drugs, necessitate switching, different antipsychotic drug, good sunblock, requires immediate medical care, antipanic drugs, bipolar mood disorder, psychiatric drug treatment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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