Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry

Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the "must-have" information that psychiatrists and mental health professionals need to know. This book provides the key essential information for all mental health professionals prescribing drugs and is essential for psychiatrists, mental health nurses, primary care physicians, psychologists, psychotherapists, and counsellors and anyone caring for people with mental health issues.

Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry, 2E is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the 'must-have' information that psychiatrists and mental health professionals need to know. KEY FEATURES • A–Z list of most commonly prescribed drugs with the prescribing information • Covers safety issues, warnings, drug errors and adverse effects • Practical guidance on drug selection, plus protocols and guidelines • Advice for complicated prescriptions and drug interactions • Endorsed by the British Association for Psychopharmacology UPDATED IN THIS SECOND EDITION • New sections on prescribing in neuropsychiatric, eating, and perinatal disorders • Useful advice on range of prescribing situations e.g. contraception, tapering, common physical health disorders. • Reworked emergencies chapter: relevant to the busy on-call clinician in a psychiatric hospital This book provides the key essential information for all mental health professionals prescribing drugs and is essential for psychiatrists, mental health nurses, primary care physicians, psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors and anyone caring for people with mental health issues.

Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the "must-have" information that psychiatrists and mental health professionals need to know. This book provides the key essential information for all mental health professionals prescribing drugs and is essential for psychiatrists, mental health nurses, primary care physicians, psychologists, psychotherapists, and counsellors and anyone caring for people with mental health issues.

Pocket Prescriber 2012 is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide. It contains all the "must-have" information that junior doctors, nurse prescribers and medical students need at their fingertipsFrom reviews of the previous editions:"A pocket book that is truly pocketable, every medical student and junior doctor should carry this book...If you're u

Prescriber 2015 is a concise, up to date prescribing guide. It contains all the ‘must have’ information that junior doctors, nurse prescribers and medical students need at their fingertips. Key features: A–Z list of the 500 most commonly prescribed drugs with each entry containing the key prescribing information Focuses on safety issues, warnings, drug errors and adverse effects Practical guidance on drug selection, plus protocols and guidelines Advice and reference information for complicated prescriptions Concise management summaries for the common medical emergencies Includes the European Resuscitation Council algorithms Clinically useful reminders of basic pharmacology (e.g. receptor profiles)

Drug prescribing errors are a common cause of hospital admission, and adverse reactions can have devastating effects, some even fatal. Pocket Prescriber Emergency Medicine is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the "must have" information on a vast range of drugs that staff from junior doctors to emergency nurses, nurse prescribe

Prescribing Mental Health Medication is a text for practitioners who treat mental disorders with medication. It 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. Already used by providers and training institutions throughout the world, the newly revised second edition is completely updated and focuses on the following key issues: How to determine if medication is needed Proper dosing and how to start and stop medication When to change medication Dealing with difficult patients Specific mental health symptoms and appropriate medication Special populations including pregnant women, substance abusers, children and adolescents, and the elderly Monitoring medication with blood levels Management of medication side effects and avoidance of medication risk The misuse of medication Prescription of generic preparations Prescriptions via the Internet, telemedicine, and electronic medical records Organizing a prescriptive office and record-keeping Completely updated, this text includes information on all psychotropic medications in use in the United States and the United Kingdom. It incorporates clinical tips, sample dialogues for talking about medications to patients, and information specifically relevant in primary care settings.

The 'Pocket Prescriber' fills the as-yet vacant niche for a true pocketbook providing essential clinical pharmacology information with heavy emphasis on what junior doctors most need in practice on the wards. This information includes reference details of drugs such as doses, when a drug is indicated and when not, with special attention to contraindications/ dangers and common side effects to look out for, and warn the patient of, before starting the drug. A significant section of the book is given over to dealing with common problems that arise with prescribing, for example drugs that are complicated to prescribe (e.g. insulin, anticoagulants, inotropes, controlled drugs) or where choice is difficult (e.g. antihypertensives, antibiotics). Targeted primarily at junior doctors, it will also provide basic pharmacology information and facts about each drug in order to ensure it remains accessible and a useful learning tool for students.