Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Butler, Matt; Rogers, Jonathan P; Nicholson, Timothy Rj

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry, 2E is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the 'must-have' information that psychiatrists and mental health professionals need to know.

KEY FEATURES

. A-Z list of most commonly prescribed drugs with the prescribing information
. Covers safety issues, warnings, drug errors and adverse effects
. Practical guidance on drug selection, plus protocols and guidelines
. Advice for complicated prescriptions and drug interactions
. Endorsed by the British Association for Psychopharmacology

UPDATED IN THIS SECOND EDITION
. New sections on prescribing in neuropsychiatric, eating, and perinatal disorders
. Useful advice on range of prescribing
situations e.g. contraception, tapering, common
physical health disorders.
. Reworked emergencies chapter: relevant to the
busy on-call clinician in a psychiatric hospital

This book provides the key essential information for all mental health professionals prescribing drugs and is essential for psychiatrists, mental health nurses, primary care physicians, psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors and anyone caring for people with mental health issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003835271
• Artikelnr.: 70635054

Autorenporträt

Matt Butler MRes MRCPsych Wellcome Trust Doctoral Clinical Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and Specialist Registrar in Psychiatry, King's College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Timothy RJ Nicholson MBBS BSc MSc PhD MRCP MRCPsych Reader in Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London and Honorary Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Jonathan P Rogers MA MB BChir MRCP MRCPsych NIHR Clinical Lecturer, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Common/useful drugs. Disorders. Psychosis. Bipolar affective disorder.
Depression. Anxiety disorders. Dementia. Attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD). Sleep disorders and agitation. Substance misuse.
Non-pharmacological treatments. Psychoeducation. Crisis planning. Lifestyle
interventions. Social interventions. Psychological therapies.
Neurostimulation. Psychosurgery. Basic psychopharmacology.
Pharmacokinetics. Pharmacodynamics. Neurotransmitter systems. Drug
interactions. Miscellaneous. Prescribing in the perinatal period.
Prescribing in autism. Prescribing in personality disorders. Controlled
drugs (CDs). Off-license prescribing. Psychiatric side effects of
medications. Medication adherence. Risk assessment. Psychiatric
classification. Mental Health Act (MHA) in England and Wales. Mental
Capacity Act (MCA) in England and Wales. Emergencies. Rapid tranquilisation
(RT). Drug toxicity syndromes. Alcohol and drug withdrawal syndromes.
Catatonia. Delirium. Seizures (epileptic and dissociative). Acute dystonia.
Clozapine-induced agranulocytosis. HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).
Hanging. Self-laceration. Acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Acute asthma.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation. Pulmonary embolism.
Sepsis (severe or septic shock). Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). ¿Glucose.
Reference information. Guidelines. Useful contacts. Reference values.
Index.