Prescribing mental health medication
Subtitle: the practitioner's guide
By: Christopher M. Doran.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
Subjects: Psychotropic drugs.; Psychopharmacology.; Drugs -- Prescribing.
Description: "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."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.