Prescribing Mental Health Medication
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Prescribing Mental Health Medication by Christopher Doran
Prescribing Mental Health Medication is a text for nursing and medical practitioners who are learning how to diagnose and treat mental disorders with medication. Skills-based, it focuses on the following key issues: how to start and stop medication how to dose when to change medication dealing with particular kinds of patients specific illnesses and their medication special populations and conditions the management of side effects practical issues such as monitoring medication with blood levels administrative issues such as record-keeping. Special icons used throughout the text highlight clinical tips, advice on how to talk to patients and differences in practice in primary care settings. Based on the author's considerable experience of training nursing and medical staff, Prescribing Mental Health Medication presents complex topics in an organized, logical and easily assimilated format. It provides a supportive text for those new to prescribing and a comprehensive source of reference for more experienced practitioners or teachers.
'I am very impressed both with the form and content of this bookA great deal of the discussion is drawn from clinical practice and the concerns that patients have about medication. It has the potential to become a much referenced text.' - Peter Nolan, Professor of Mental Health Nursing, University of Staffordshire 'Although there are countless textbooks and guidelines about psychopharmacology this book, to my knowledge, is a unique guide about how to prescribe and manage psychiatric medication. It is engaging, easy to read, intelligent and incredibly useful to mental health practitioners.' - Richard Gray, Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry
Christopher M. Doran MD is a Psychiatrist and a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA. He has taught the principles and practice of psychotropic medication prescription around the globe to practitioners of all disciplines.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415282222 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415282225 |
| Title | Prescribing Mental Health Medication |
| Author | Christopher Doran |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-06-26 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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