The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs - Softcover

Gorman, Jack M., Md.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312168241 ISBN 13: 9780312168247

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1997

Synopsis

An accessible guide for patients and their families. Gives enough information on commonly used medications to arm a consumer discussion of why drugs might be prescribed, doses, side effects (and what to do about them), cost, comments. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this title

Review:

"An outstanding book about these drugs for the non-physician." --"Carl Salzman, M.D., Director of Psychopharmacology, Harvard Medical School"
"This book...meets a critical need...for the millions of people for whom psychiatric drugs are so important." --"Herbert Pardes, Past President of the American Psychiatric Association"

About the Author:

Jack M. Gorman, M.D. has been involved in psychiatric research, teaching, and patient care for more than two decades. He is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0312168241
• ISBN 13: 9780312168247
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 392