Psychiatric Drugs Explained: For Health Professionals and Users, 3e [Paperback]

David Healy MD FRCPsych (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0443070180 | ISBN-13: 978-0443070181 | Publication Date: January 15, 2002 | Edition: 3

The new edition of this book will continue to provide a comprehensive and clear guide to the uses, benefits and impact of psychotropic drugs. The major drug categories are listed and the clinical uses, modes of action and side effects of principle drugs in each category are described. The text provides drug names in generic and both UK and US tradenames. In addition to a comprehensive review of drug treatment organised by condition, the text also addresses important issues for professionals and their clients concerning, consent, liability and the management of side- effects and withdrawal. The book provides a readable reference source of essential information for professionals to work with their clients in considering treatment options.

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"David Healy is one or the most stimulating and challenging writers on drug treatments. This book continues his tradition of producing well written, highly readable presentations of difficult subjects. I found the copious user information boxes most valuable and will use them with my clients." Mike Smith, Director of nursing, Nursing Times, Vol 97, no 47, November 2002

About the Author

David Healy is a leading writer and researcher in the field of psychotropic drugs. The previous editions of this book have been welcomed for his clear and accessible approach.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 3 edition (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0443070180
• ISBN-13: 978-0443070181
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,530,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable, March 9, 2004

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This review is from: Psychiatric Drugs Explained: For Health Professionals and Users, 3e (Paperback)

Now in its third edition, this is an indispensable book for mental health professionals. Although written from the UK perspective, it does list the US and UK proprietary names for drugs. It is very clearly laid out for easy reference with a comprehensive index and references for further reading if needed. The "User Issues" text boxes are a great innovation in this edition and will be of great use to any mental health professional, but in particular those organising psychoeducation or medication information groups. The book seems to be purposefully designed for quick reference, the first page of each chapter even has its own contents list with page numbers for issues covered in that chapter. If you only ever get one psychopharmacology text, this is it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Courageous and Truthful Textbook on the Psychiatric Drugs, July 1, 2006

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C. B. Simmons (Emeryville, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychiatric Drugs Explained, 4e (Paperback)

I am a physician and psychiatrist currently using this textbook for a graduate course in psychopharmacology in the United States. It is the first and only textbook I feel that comes close to the truth of what the field of psychopharmacology is really about. The information is invaluble for anyone taking psychiatric medication, anyone prescribing psychiatric medication, or anyone loving anyone on psychiatric medication. I have come over the years to see the sad truth that science these days is being severly compromised by marketplace economics. Since our science is no longer truly in the hands of scientists, it behooves us to listen to someone who has the insider knowledge about how the data is manipulated and his valuable speculations on how the drugs really work. From my view, he is an unrecognized pioneer who can give us hope and inspiration about a very important aspect of our society: the use of drugs to modify and control our emotions.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening, August 6, 2011

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This review is from: Psychiatric Drugs Explained (Paperback)

This book now goes into my library as "one" of my best on the subject. It is balanced and thorough.