Prescribing Mental Health Medication Doran Christopher M.

Prescribing Mental Health Medication is a comprehensive text for all practitioners who treat mental disorders with medication. Including information on all psychotropic medications in use in the United States and the United Kingdom, the book incorporates clinical tips, sample dialogues for talking about medications to patients, and information specifically relevant in primary care settings. This new edition is fully updated and includes additional chapters on combining medications, combining medications and psychological therapies, innovative treatments and complementary therapies.

It looks at: -How to determine if medication is needed, proper dosing and how to start, stop and change medication -Specific mental health symptoms and appropriate medication -Special populations including non-adherent patients, medication abusers, those mixing alcohol and psychotropics, confused patients,