Psychotropic Drug Handbook

by Paul J. Perry

This succinct handbook provides students and practitioners with clinically relevant psychotropic drug information. The Eighth Edition is designed as a reference text that also teaches by delivering informative narrative text under standard headlines with references. Its focus goes beyond drug information to cover pharmacotherapy applications.

The book provides detailed, well-referenced, evidence-based information on a wide range of psychotropic drugs, including mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and antianxiety agents. This edition has new chapters on pediatric and geriatric psychopharmacotherapy; new content on antipsychotics, hypnotics, medications used in treating alcoholism and substance dependence, and electroconvulsive therapy; and new algorithms, appendices, and tables.

358 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 1991

Reviews

[Val]

I had to have this book for a class (psychopharmacology for a masters level counseling degree). It is very hard to understand! I have another psychotropic hand book and which is much better written and easy to follow! This one might be okay if you are a psychiatrist but if you do not already know what you are doing this is not the book for you!