The Maudsley Guidelines on Advanced Prescribing in Psychosis

by Paul Morrison, David M. Taylor, Phillip McGuire

A guide to treating psychosis that provides information on drug options and side-effects in order to allow for weighing treatment options knowledgably

The Maudsley Guidelines on Advanced Prescribing in Psychosis offers a resource that puts the focus on the need to treat the individual needs of a patient. The authors - noted experts on the topic - offer an alternative to the one-size-fits-all treatment of psychosis and shows how to build psychiatrist and patient relationships that will lead to effective individual treatment plans.

The book provides up-to-date data and information about commonly used anti-psychotic drugs and drugs used in bipolar disorder. The text weighs both the upsides and downsides of each pharmaceutical presented, and helps prescribers and patients weigh the costs and benefits of various options to reach an appropriate treatment plan. The authors highlight the treatment at a population level and the systems in which individual treatments take places. This important

Facilitates the tailoring of an appropriate treatment plan for clients manifesting signs of psychosis Offers a comparative strategy that helps gauge the suitability of one treatment plan over another Provides at-hand data and information about commonly used anti-psychotic drugs Includes an understanding of the origins and side-effects of each drug presented The Maudsley Guidelines on Advanced Prescribing in Psychosis offers psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners an essential guide for treating psychosis on an individualized level.

112 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 19, 2019

Reviews

[Chris Sharp · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a little scattershot; I feel like it has less structure and is by nature less comprehensive than the main Maudsley text. Having said that, there are little nuggets of practical wisdom that have been influencing how I think of about the management of psychosis, and how I interpret the actions of others practicing laterally to me in this area. It's also influenced how I approach inpatient counselling of medications with mental health consumers while admitted. It's also got a great pharmacokinetics appendix which stretches into the developing area of pharmacogenomics (something I need to get my head around). Given that it's relatively inexpensive, would recommend for any mental health pharmacist (note: I work in Australia; Maudsley is a UK text)

[Kamran Asghar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

Good book
Practical
Cannot compete textbooks however. Good overview of Psychiatry.
Needs more input.
In my opinion no need of this book if you have Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines.