Product Description: Now in its fourth edition, this book continues to present valuable information in a clear, accessible format. Organized by major drug classes, it offers comprehensive data on dosage, side effects, drug-drug interactions, withdrawal, and more―everything clinicians need to know to properly manage their clients’ pharmacological treatment...read more

This reference to modern psychotropic drugs provides doctors with important facts on nine categories of medications. It details drugs available, their forms and recommended doses, symptom indications, side effects, overdoses (and remedies), methods for withdrawal and patient instructions. The second edition covers new drugs and updates information on drugs, such as Prozac, that were new on the market when the first edition was published.

Explains how to identify specific sleep disorders, including the special sleep problems of children, and discusses medically proven techniques for treating these disorders

Surveys changes in the practice of psychiatry through the reflections of psychiatrists on their theories, drugs, and diagnoses, and their colleagues, families, and themselves and provides authoritative information on what clients can expect from the new treatments