The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0470979488 ISBN 13: 9780470979488

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2012

Riassunto

Helps with complex prescribing needs

The evidence base for drug treatments in psychiatry ranges from meta-analyses and randomised controlled clinical trials to single case reports, and from NICE guidelines to individual SPCs. Where do you look for information when transferring a patient from one drug to another? Where do you find a clear overview when dealing with a complex patient (e.g, with co-morbid epilepsy or liver disease or HIV infection)? Where can you seek advice on prescribing psychotropics during pregnancy? The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry! The leading clinical reference for handling prescribing problems as encountered in daily practice and for formulating prescribing policy.

Evidence-based and written by experts

This book is the essential guide for anyone responsible for prescribing, dispensing or administering drugs for patients with mental health disorders. All the evidence has been reviewed and summarized succinctly by an expert team of psychiatrists and pharmacists.

New content and improved format

This new edition makes greater use of tables and boxes to facilitate quick reference and includes new sections on cytochrome-mediated interactions and psychiatric side effects of non-psychotropic drugs.

Clinically relevant

Chapters address plasma monitoring, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety, children and adolescents, substance abuse and special patient groups. Each section has a full reference list. The book covers prescribing drugs outside their licensed indications and their interaction with substances such as alcohol, nicotine and caffeine.

Useful for all levels of experience

Trainees will gain important information regarding the rational, safe and effective use of medications for patients with mental illness. Experienced clinicians will find excellent guidance regarding more complex issues that they may not encounter regularly.

Why the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry?

Long recognized as an international trailblazer in mental health care, the Maudsley Hospital earned its reputation for excellence in both in-patient and community care. It is highly regarded for its research, and pioneered the use of clinical neuroscience. You can trust The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry to be scientifically sound and clinically effective.

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Recensione:

"This comprehensive guide presents clinicians with evidence-based information on prescribing psychotropic drugs for mental health ... This book will help nurses to be confident, sensitive and informed when discussing medication with patients and relatives, exploring treatment options within their professional teams and liaising with allied health professionals." (Nursing Standard, 30 May 2012)

L'autore:

David Taylor is Director of Pharmacy and Pathology at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and Professor of Psychopharmacology at King’s College London. The lead author of all editions of theMaudsley Prescribing Guidelines, Professor Taylor is the author of several other texts and editor ofTherapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology.

Carol Paton is Chief Pharmacist at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, London: she is also joint Head of the Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health and an Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London.

Shitij Kapur is Professor of Schizophrenia, Imaging and Therapeutics and the Dean and Head of School at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London.

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• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0470979488
• ISBN 13: 9780470979488
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 680
• Redattore: Taylor David, Paton Carol, Kapur Shitij