Side Effects of Psychiatric Medications: Prevention, Assessment, and Management

by Rajnish Mago

Side effects are not a side issue! Adverse effects or side effects are of the greatest importance because they cause considerable suffering and are the leading cause of nonadherence to medications. That is why side effects can be called "The Other Side of Suffering" or "The Other Half of Psychopharmacology." More attention needs to be paid to preventing side effects, developing strategies to systematically assess these side effects, and for managing them. This book focuses on some of the commonest side effects of psychiatric medications and is jam-packed with highly clinically useful, practical information to help deal with them. The numerous practical strategies described will be useful to both the beginner and to the experienced clinician. The book will appeal to psychiatrists, other physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, etc.

132 pages, Paperback

First published August 20, 2014

Reviews

[Jaswinderjit Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

The book is concise, well written, and pragmatic. Like the ideas of dealing with common and notorious side effects of psychotropic medications.