Psychiatry Prescribing Guide 5.1.1

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The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry provides up-to-date information and expert guidance on prescribing practice in mental health. This comprehensive guide covers topics such as drug choice, treatment of adverse effects, and strategies for augmenting or switching medications. It offers valuable insights on pharmacological interventions for conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and various other less common mental health conditions. The guidelines also provide advice on prescribing for children and adolescents, substance misuse, and special patient groups.

Written by a team of distinguished psychiatrists and specialist pharmacists, this renowned resource addresses complex prescribing challenges. It offers information on prescribing psychotropic medications beyond their licensed indications and highlights potential interactions with other medications and substances like alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine. Each of the 165 sections features a full reference list, facilitating easy access to the evidence supporting the guidance.

Key Features:

• The world's leading clinical resource for evidence-based prescribing in day-to-day clinical practice and policy formulation.
• Includes referenced information on topics such as transitioning between medications, prescribing psychotropic medications during pregnancy or breastfeeding, and managing patients with comorbid physical conditions.
• Provides guidance on complex clinical problems that may not be encountered routinely.
• Targeted at psychiatrists, neuropharmacologists, pharmacists, clinical psychologists, nurses, and medical trainees.
• The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry are the established reference source for ensuring safe and effective medication use in patients with mental health problems.

ISBN 10: 1119442605
ISBN 13: 978-1119442608

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Author(s): David M. Taylor, Thomas R. E. Barnes, Allan H. Young
Publisher: John Wiley & Son Inc. and its affiliates