Kaplan and Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Psychiatric Drug Treatment

Type

Book

Authors

Benjamin J. Sadock

Virginia A. Sadock

Norman Sussman MD

ISBN 10

0781762154

ISBN 13

9780781762151

Tags

Psychopharmacology, Family Practice, Psychiatry, Education & Training, Psychiatry & Mental Health, Pharmacology, Psychiatric, Family & General Practice, Internal Medicine

Description

The thoroughly updated Fourth Edition of this popular handbook includes all the newest drugs used to treat psychiatric disorders. Each chapter provides complete information on preparation and dosages; indications; use in children, elderly persons, and pregnant and nursing women;adverse reactions; and drug-drug interactions. To help physicians recognize and prescribe medications, the book presents color plates of all major drugs and indicates the forms and dosages in which they are available. Front-of-book tables identify chapters where each drug is discussed, and drugs used for each disorder. Also included is a tabular listing of toxic and lethal doses of each drug, symptoms of overdose, and emergency management measures. - from Amzon

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