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The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs, Revised and Updated
More than 150,000 copies in print, 4th Edition
GET THE FACTS. GET THE BEST TREATMENT. GET BETTER
The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs has become a classic and indispensable resource for the layperson and professional alike. Informative, accessible, and easy to use, this newly revised and updated resource presents comprehensive information on the latest drugs and research, covering most adult mental health problems. It also includes balanced information on controversial topics like the risk of suicide from antidepressants and the risk of obesity and diabetes from antipsychotics.
This book will help people with psychiatric problems, as well as their concerned families and friends, to better understand when drug therapy should be considered, which drugs should be used, for how long, and what side effects are expected.
Includes the latest information
-Antidepressants
-Antipsychotics
-Side effects and withdrawal symptoms
-Specific usage, dosage duration, and efficacy
"This book…meets a critical need…for the millions of people for whom psychiatric drugs are so important." -Herbert Pardes, past President of the American Psychiatric Association.
Jack M. Gorman, M.D. has been involved in psychiatric research, teaching, and patient care for more than two decades. He has been Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School, and lectures frequently throughout the country. He is the author of The Essential Guide to Mental Health.
GET THE FACTS. GET THE BEST TREATMENT. GET BETTER
The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs has become a classic and indispensable resource for the layperson and professional alike. Informative, accessible, and easy to use, this newly revised and updated resource presents comprehensive information on the latest drugs and research, covering most adult mental health problems. It also includes balanced information on controversial topics like the risk of suicide from antidepressants and the risk of obesity and diabetes from antipsychotics.
This book will help people with psychiatric problems, as well as their concerned families and friends, to better understand when drug therapy should be considered, which drugs should be used, for how long, and what side effects are expected.
Includes the latest information
-Antidepressants
-Antipsychotics
-Side effects and withdrawal symptoms
-Specific usage, dosage duration, and efficacy
"This book…meets a critical need…for the millions of people for whom psychiatric drugs are so important." -Herbert Pardes, past President of the American Psychiatric Association.
Jack M. Gorman, M.D. has been involved in psychiatric research, teaching, and patient care for more than two decades. He has been Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School, and lectures frequently throughout the country. He is the author of The Essential Guide to Mental Health.
448 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1990
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June 13, 2013
An overview of all major psychiatric illnesses and their drug treatments. Expert advice given in layman's terms. This book is awesome for patients, practitioners, and any curious mind. It got a little wordy toward the end, so I ended up skipping a bit, but overall it's a great educational read and an even better reference. Thank you, Dr. Gorman, for this encompassing work. Thank you so very much.
September 29, 2010
As expected this was meant as a pharmaceutical digest only, there are no alternative medicine suggestions here. It gives some side effects, as well as the medical model course of treatments, but does not go far enough in discussing the side effects and long term damage of psychotropics, in my opinion.
May 9, 2015
A decent overview of several treatment options for depressive disorders. Puts many medications often used in bipolar treatment under schizophrenia for some reason, found that odd, and mildly misleading to the uninformed. Do you really want to read a book and say "hey why is my mood stabiliser a schizo drug?" Should provide more coverage of psychosis treatment in bipolar.
May 23, 2015
VERY informative. You won't find this kind of information in the pamphlet you get from your doctor or pharmacy. I can't wait for a brand new version with all of the new psych meds available.
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