Prescribing Mental Health Medication is a comprehensive text for all practitioners who treat mental disorders with medication. This new edition is fully updated and includes additional chapters on combining medications, combining medications and psychological therapies, innovative treatments and complementary therapies. .
Prescribing Mental Health Medication is a comprehensive text for all practitioners who treat mental disorders with medication. This new edition is fully updated and includes additional chapters on combining medications, combining medications and psychological therapies, innovative treatments and complementary therapies. .
Christopher M. Doran MD is a Psychiatrist and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He has been a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Nursing, USA.
Inhaltsangabe
1.General principles of medication management 2.Medication myths, truths and likely patient questions 3.The initial prescriptive interview 4.Helping a patient decide to try medication 5.Starting medication 6.Follow-up appointments and strategies 7.Medication, psychotherapy and "What else helps?" 8.Stopping medication 9.The long-term patient 10.Benzodiazepines and stimulants - useful, but controversial 11."Natural" substances - do they help? 12.Using medication with children and adolescents 13.Pregnancy and psychotropics - rewards and risks 14.Prescribing psychotropics for older patients 15.Medication of sleep problems 16.Alcohol, tobacco, recreational drugs and psychotropic medication 17.The confused and cognitively impaired patient - medication pitfalls 18.Inattention and hyperactivity - ADHD and stimulants 19.Side effects of psychotropic medications and their treatment 20.Danger zones - areas of risk with psychotropics 21.Medication allergies 22.Misuse of medication - taking too much and taking too little 23."Difficult" medication patients and how to treat them 24.Prescription writing and record keeping 25. Blood levels of psychotropics 26.Generic medications 27.The digital prescriber 28.The prescriber and the telephone - mainstay and millstone 29.The pharmacist, the pharmaceutical industry and the clinician 30.Preparing an office for mental health prescribing 31.The way forward
1.General principles of medication management 2.Medication myths, truths and likely patient questions 3.The initial prescriptive interview 4.Helping a patient decide to try medication 5.Starting medication 6.Follow-up appointments and strategies 7.Medication, psychotherapy and "What else helps?" 8.Stopping medication 9.The long-term patient 10.Benzodiazepines and stimulants - useful, but controversial 11."Natural" substances - do they help? 12.Using medication with children and adolescents 13.Pregnancy and psychotropics - rewards and risks 14.Prescribing psychotropics for older patients 15.Medication of sleep problems 16.Alcohol, tobacco, recreational drugs and psychotropic medication 17.The confused and cognitively impaired patient - medication pitfalls 18.Inattention and hyperactivity - ADHD and stimulants 19.Side effects of psychotropic medications and their treatment 20.Danger zones - areas of risk with psychotropics 21.Medication allergies 22.Misuse of medication - taking too much and taking too little 23."Difficult" medication patients and how to treat them 24.Prescription writing and record keeping 25. Blood levels of psychotropics 26.Generic medications 27.The digital prescriber 28.The prescriber and the telephone - mainstay and millstone 29.The pharmacist, the pharmaceutical industry and the clinician 30.Preparing an office for mental health prescribing 31.The way forward
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