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Handbook of Psychiatric Drug Therapy (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Handbook Series)

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Excellent choice! If you buy this item you will acquire the basics of psychopharmacology psychiatry students need. I am a second year postgraduate student and found it very helpful, concise and updated. It presents the major indications, therapeutic uses, side effects, and mechanisms of action for every drug. The tables give you an easy way to compare each medication caracteristics and the book offers the facts that will help us choose the best drug that fits our patients needs. Its format let us carry it with us everywhere so we can take a quick look and review the information anytime we need it. I highly recommend it!

I've read all editions of this book and I'm really impressed. Rosenbaum, et. al. are masters of the art of psychopharmacology. This book covers almost all areas relevant to practicing psychiatrists. Despite its breadth, you can finish reading the book in a couple of days. Finally, this book is an excellent resource to review for the certification exam in Advanced Psychopharmacology offered by the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP).

This is an excellent book, but the information is about 3-4 years old (Probably 4-5 years if you consider the time to publishing)! That is pretty dated information for this field, especially with the MANY newer agents. Make a new edition guys!

I am so disappointed. I have been a practicing psychiatrist for over twenty years and have just loved prior editions of this manual--small, easy to carry in the hospital, well-written, packed with information for its size--but with the new sixth edition the publisher halved the thickness of the book while increasing the width by about an inch. To accomplish this type has been reduced in size and perhaps made lighter (not sure if lighter or seems that way because of the decreased size of the type), which has made the book difficult to read for me. The great virtue of the book has been that I could quickly page to a section, skim it quickly, and go on. But now because of the type I can no longer skim it quickly; I have to slow down and read it word by word, making it not usable as a on-the-go manual.

Perhaps the publisher decided that they only wanted to market to residents with young eyes, but the book is no longer useful for me. I will have to return it. (FYI: did not buy from Amazon.) As someone else said, find it in a bookstore before buying. I am going to write the publisher. Maybe they can put out a revised 6th edition. Or put it on Kindle so I can read it on my netbook.

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I have owned and found valuable prior editions so I was excited to see that a 6th edition had been published. Unfortunately, the font is smaller and lighter making it uncomfortable to read. This is the first time I will have to return a book for this reason and I own several different pocket version books. Look at this editon at a bookstore before you purchase to save on shipping costs. I plan on sending an email to the publisher also.

I have used this text from its very first edition. Its slim format makes it easy to carry and handle, yet it is very comprehensive given its size. There are times when Epocrates is not enough and Schatzberg and Nemeroff's volume is too much. The concise tables of dose equivalents are particularly useful.

Very good book to have, nice light reading, can be kept on bedside table or on your person during rounds. I like how they summarize medications by class.