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Advances in Management and Treatment of Depression
Book
This user-friendly handbook provides a practical update to all aspects of depression where changes are occurring. Every chapter is by an established expert. Writing from an evidence-based perspective, they each present an accessible summary of the key areas of development within their field of expertise. In addition, they discuss five of the most common questions - including questions regularly put to them by patients attending their clinics, and also questions and concerns that practitioners themselves have. Targeted at practicing psychiatrists and interested GP's, the emphasis throughout is on the practical issues, making this a timely book to facilitate the transition from evidence-based medicine to day-to-day clinical practice. veades
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| Print: | £ 99.95 / $ 199.95 |
Alcohol/Drug Screening and Brief Intervention: Advances in evidence-Based Practice
Book , Date: 29/02/2008
Alcohol/Drug Screening and Brief Intervention: Advances in Evidence-Based Practice provides a valuable exploration of the present literature, the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening and brief intervention, and methodological challenges in studying screening and brief intervention (SBI).
Respected leaders in the field discuss:
• ways to measure the use of screening and brief intervention in practice
• the multiple risk factor context in which unhealthy alcohol use occurs
• clinician training issues
• effective strategies to screen adolescents, which patients are most likely to change from SBI
• what research is needed in the future
Screening and brief intervention are presently being used in numerous settings such as hospitals, primary care settings, trauma centers, and college health services.
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| Print: | £ 50.00 / $ 45.00 |
An Atlas of Obesity and Weight Control
Book
Obesity is a chronic, stigmatized disease that is increasing in prevalance. Therapeutic options are limited in their effectiveness and frustration often leads to the discontinuation of any therapy. An Atlas of Obesity and Weight Control is a clearly written, beautifully illustrated color atlas on obesity, including its etiology, development and treatment. The book contains nearly 150 clinical pictures of obesity and its related conditions, as well as many pertinent clinical guidelines and up-to-the-minute data on assessment and treatment. Nutritionists, internists, bariatric physicians, dieticians, endocrinologists and medical and academic professionals will find An Atlas of Obesity and Weight Control is an essential reference.
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| print: | £ 70.00 / $ 139.95 |
An Atlas of Schizophrenia
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A fascinating, highly illustrated work, Atlas of Schizophrenia covers, with examples, the latest research developments in neuropsychology, psychophysiology and functional imaging, as well as in vivo receptor imaging and other advances in psychopharmacology that are shedding new light on the neurochemistry of schizophrenia.
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| Print: | £ 70.00 / AUD 139.95 |
Antiepileptic Drugs to Treat Psychiatric Disorders
Book , Date: 13/06/2008
Several antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) now have regulatory indications for treating bipolar disorder. There is growing evidence that AEDs in general have a variety of useful psychotropic effects. This book is the first comprehensive, clinically oriented, reference on the use of AEDs to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders such as mood, psychotic, anxiety, substance use, eating, and personality disorders.
Written by the leading clinical experts, Antiepileptic Drugs to Treat Psychiatric Disorders:
• is organized by psychiatric disorder for easier information gathering
• enables the physician to use the text as a stand alone reference
• is the first comprehensive reference book clinically orientated to the use of AEDs to treat psychiatric disorders—other books have focused on drug mechanisms and drug interactions
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| Print: | $ 179.95 / £ 90.00 |
Anxiety Disorders Comorbid with Depression: Pocketbook: Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
Book
In clinical practice, complex patients with comorbidity of mood and anxiety disorders are arguably the norm. These volumes focus on this area, providing up-to-date reviews of the conceptual issues that confront the clinician when evaluating these patients. Concise and easy-to-read, they also present a practical approach to the management and treatment of patients with comorbid mood and anxiety disorders.
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| Print: | £ 50.00 / $ 99.95 |