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Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry

Matt Butler editor Jonathan Rogers editor Timothy RJ Nicholson editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:28th Jun '24

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Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry cover

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.

'Safe prescribing is essential for good psychiatric care. This handy go-to guide is packed with up-to-date psychopharmacological knowledge condensed into bite-sized chunks to support practitioners in providing the best biopsychosocial care to patients with mental illness.'
Dr Shubulade Smith CBE, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK

‘…one of those few tools from which practising psychiatrists and trainees – both UK and international medical graduates – as well as non-mental health specialists will equally benefit. It includes an impressive amount of information ... a wonderfully comprehensive book for its small size.’
Emmeline Lagunes-Cordoba and Derek K. Tracy for The British Journal of Psychiatry

ISBN: 9781032397412

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 439g

496 pages

2nd edition