Handbook of Practical Psychopharmacology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1615374876 ISBN 13: 9781615374878

Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Well over 150 medications are represented in this new Handbook of Practical Psychopharmacology. Intended as a quick-reference tool for clinicians, trainees, and other practitioners, it is rich in high-yield, evidence-based, and easily accessible information for commonly prescribed psychopharmacological agents, including antidepressants, antipsychotics, stimulants, mood stabilizers, and nutraceuticals/phytoceuticals. For each medication covered, readers will find concise, easily referenced information on Indications Contraindications Dosing Drug interactions Clinical monitoring Adverse effects Conveniently organized by drug class and indication, the handbook also features clinical pearls for each agent and class from experts and published literature in the field. Readers will benefit from evidence-based information on off-label prescribing, as well as from sections devoted to prescribing in special situations (e.g., pregnancy and lactation) and in specific populations (e.g., older adults and children/adolescents). As useful as a teaching tool and study guide as it is as an on-the-spot resource in outpatient, inpatient, and emergency settings, the Handbook of Practical Psychopharmacology is the busy practitioner's must-have companion.

About this title

About the Author

Matthew Macaluso, D.O., DFAPA, is Professor of Psychiatry, Bee McWane Reid Endowed Chair in Mood Disorders, and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He also serves as the Clinical Director of the UAB Depression and Suicide Center.

Calley Johnston, M.D., is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

From the Back Cover

The Handbook of Practical Psychopharmacology is a must-have companion for the busy practitioner. It features easily accessible information on indications, contraindications, dosing, drug interactions, clinical monitoring, and adverse effects for more than 150 medications, including antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, nutraceuticals/phytoceuticals, and more.

This volume provides guidance on prescribing for older adults, children and adolescents, and pregnant and nursing patients, among other special situations. Readers will also benefit from clinical pearls drawn from the latest literature in the field as well as the real-world practice of the expert contributors.

With high-yield, evidence-based, and conveniently organized information, this handbook is as useful as a teaching tool and study guide as it is as an on-the-spot resource in outpatient, inpatient, and emergency settings.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1615374876
• ISBN 13: 9781615374878
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1100
• Editor: Macaluso DO Matthew, Johnston MD Calley