The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs, Revised and Updated [Paperback]

Jack M. Gorman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 10, 2007

More than 150,000 copies in print, 4th Edition

GET THE FACTS. GET THE BEST TREATMENT. GET BETTER

 

The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs has become a classic and indispensable resource for the layperson and professional alike.  Informative, accessible, and easy to use, this newly revised and updated resource presents comprehensive information on the latest drugs and research, covering most adult mental health problems.  It also includes balanced information on controversial topics like the risk of suicide from antidepressants and the risk of obesity and diabetes from antipsychotics.

This book will help people with psychiatric problems, as well as their concerned families and friends, to better understand when drug therapy should be considered, which drugs should be used, for how long, and what side effects are expected.

Includes the latest information on:

-Antidepressants

-Antipsychotics

-Side effects and withdrawal symptoms

-Specific usage, dosage duration, and efficacy

“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.

Jack M. Gorman, M.D. has been involved in psychiatric research, teaching, and patient care for more than two decades. He has been Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School, and lectures frequently throughout the country.  He is the author of The Essential Guide to Mental Health.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

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

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Revised and Updated edition (December 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312368798
• ISBN-13: 978-0312368791
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,730 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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Brain Medications (New York City) - See all my reviews

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 (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

By A Customer

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 (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.