Psychiatric drug withdrawal
Subtitle: a guide for prescribers, therapists, patients, and their families
By: Peter R. Breggin
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826108432; 9780826108449
Subjects: Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Therapy; Risk Assessment; Adverse effects; Prevention & control; Psychotropic Drugs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A person-centered collaborative approach to psychiatric drug withdrawal; title: Cautions in assessing the risks associated with psychiatric drugs; title: Chronic brain impairment : a reason to withdraw patients from long-term exposure to psychiatric medications; title: Antipsychotic (neuroleptic) drugs : reasons for withdrawal; title: Antidepressant drugs : reasons for withdrawal; title: Stimulant drugs : reasons for withdrawal; title: Benzodiazepines, other sedatives, and opiates : reasons for withdrawal; title: Lithium and other mood stabilizers : reasons for withdrawal; title: Medication spellbinding (intoxication anosognosia); title: Withdrawal reactions from specific drugs and drug categories; title: The initiation evaluation : creating a medication history while building trust and hope; title: Developing team collaboration; title: Psychotherapy during medication withdrawal; title: Handling emotional crises; title: Techniques for beginning medication withdrawal; title: Cases of antidepressant and benzodiazepine withdrawal in adults; title: Cases of multiple drug withdrawal in adults; title: Cases of drug withdrawal in children and teens; title: Concluding thoughts for prescribers, therapists, patients, and their families.