The Medication Fact Book is a comprehensive reference guide covering all the important facts, from cost to pharmacokinetics, about the most commonly prescribed medications in psychiatry. Composed of single-page, reader-friendly fact sheets, treatment algorithms, and quick-scan medication tables, this book offers guidance, clinical pearls, and bottom-line assessments of more than 100 of the most common medications you use and are asked about in your practice.
Get the information you need at a glance:
Off-label uses
Dosages and generic availability
Mechanisms of action
Cost information
Bottom-line impressions
This revised edition features:
179 fact sheets
33 reference tables
Plus, 9 appendices and 11 treatment algorithms
"An essential reference for busy clinicians."
Mark Leary, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF School of Medicine
"A most useful desk-side book for the clinician who needs accurate and practical information about commonly used medications."
Vivien Burt, MD, PhD
Founder, UCLA Women's Life Center of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine
"The facts you need as a prescriber are right here."
Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD
Psychiatrist-in-Chief Emeritus, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics
Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
"Provides great information in a concise, thoughtfully developed format that is perfect for busy clinicians."
Stephen Strakowski, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Vice President of Regional Mental Health, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
Talia Puzantian, PharmD, BCPP, is a professor of clinical sciences at Keck Graduate Institute School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Claremont, CA. She is the deputy editor of The Carlat Report newsletters and co-author of the Child Medication Fact Book for Psychiatric Practice.
Daniel J. Carlat, MD, is the founder and president of Carlat Publishing and is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine.
