Informa Healthcare - web catalogue

One of the most widely used guides to prescribing psychiatric medications, the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines returns with fully updated content and new sections on the latest topics of interest in the field.

A must-have reference for prescribers, nursing staff, pharmacists, family physicians, and other professions in allied medicine, this text contains practical advice for use in common clinical situations.

Covering all aspects of psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment, this edition covers:

• the background information and scientific knowledge on several psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and anxiety disorder
• plasma monitoring of psychotics and anticonvulsants
• psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents
• the use of psychotropics in special patient groups
• patient substance abuse
• miscellaneous conditions and substances