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Offers authoritative, well-organized facts on drugs used for depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, and other disorders. This handy reference gives clinicians the facts they need on nine categories of medications, detailing drugs available, symptom indications, side effects, drug-drug interactions, effects on lab tests, overdoses (and remedies), methods for withdrawal, patient and family notesand more.
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Believing that psychotropic drugs and psychotherapy are complementary, Maxmen (d.1992), who taught clinical psychiatry at Columbia U., and Ward, who directs a psychopharmacology seminar at the U. of Washington Medical School, update information for clinicians on expanding drug options. Entries for nine types of agents cover identifiers, pharmacology, dosage, clinical indications and use, treatment course, side effects, drug interactions, effects on lab test, nurses' data, and patient and family notes. Includes summary charts, appendices, and the introductions to the 1995 and 1991 editions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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