Principles and Practice of Psychopharmacotherapy
by By Janicak, Philip G., Davis, John M., Preskorn, Sheldon H., M.D., and Ayd, Frank J., Jr.
Category: Medical , Psychiatry , Psychopharmacology

A guide for residents, practitioners, and nurses in psychiatry and family practice; psychologists; social workers; and other mental health professionals involved with patients taking psychotropic medications. Summarizes the current understanding of the principles and practices of drug therapies integrated into the overall management of the mentally ill. Updated from the 1993 edition to include several new drugs and strategies that are more precisely targeted and cause fewer and milder adverse affects, and the rapid growth in the database that must be consulted and applied to specific cases. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.