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Prescribing Mental Health Medication - The Practitioner's Guide (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
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Prescribing Mental Health Medication - The Practitioner's Guide (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
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Prescribing Mental Health Medication is a comprehensive text for
all practitioners who treat mental disorders with medication. This
new (third) edition is fully updated and includes a variety of
additional chapters. Prescribing Mental Health Medication covers
the latest digital methodologies including Internet-based mental
health treatment, electronic medical records and prescriber use of
social media. Including information on all psychotropic medications
in use in the United States and the United Kingdom, the book
incorporates clinical tips, sample dialogues for talking about
mental health medications to patients, and information specifically
relevant in primary care settings. It looks at: * how to determine
if medication is needed, proper dosing and how to start, stop and
change medication * specific mental health symptoms and appropriate
medication * special populations including non-adherent patients,
medication abusers, those mixing alcohol and psychotropics,
confused patients, children, adolescents, pregnant women and
seniors * management of medication side effects and avoidance of
medication risk * prescription of generic preparations * organizing
a prescriptive office and record keeping. The additional chapters
in this new edition of Prescribing Mental Health Medication cover
topics such as combining specific medications, combining
medications and psychological therapies, use of 'natural'
substances in mental health treatment, successfully managing
patient relapse, and appropriate prescriptions of potentially
controversial medications such as stimulants and benzodiazepines.
This practical text explains the entire process of medication
assessment, management and follow up for general medical
practitioners, mental health practitioners, students, residents,
prescribing nurses and others perfecting this skill.
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