The Evidence-Based Guide to Antidepressant Medications
The Evidence-Based Guide to Antidepressant Medications contains outstanding work conducted by leading authorities in mood disorders. This guide provides a thorough review of the literature on what is known about antidepressants across psychiatric disorders, over the life span and in special populations. There are practical tables, figures, tips, recommendations, and references to help guide the clinician in the management of their patients. This book is very suitable for a wide audience ranging from medical students, residents, fellows, and clinical health professions. --Carlos A. Zarate, Jr., M.D., Chief Experimental Therapeutics & Pathophysiology Branch, Division Intramural Research Programs, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MarylandThis up-to-date guide is just what Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses need to provide quality care to patients who are prescribed antidepressant s. Each chapter is chock full of study results, myth busters, and critical information for prescribing. No desk top should be without it! --Margaret Knight Ph.D., PMHCNS-BC, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts LowellRothschild and his collaborators have produced a wonderful, comprehensive guide to a class of medications that have become ubiquitous in modern psychiatric practice. It offers sophisticated approaches to the use of antidepressants for a broad range of disorders, providing the information that both clinicians and patients need to make optimal treatment choices. My copy is sure to be one of the best-thumbed reference books on my shelves. --Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Law Columbia University