Psychiatric drugs explained. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Healy ; foreword by Richard Brook.
• Other Names: Healy, David, 1954-
• Contents: BAck covr: " ... provides a comprehensive and clear guide to the uses, benefits and impact of psychotrophic drugs. It conveys the lived experience of the problems that can be caused by side-effects and the nature of the trade-off that patients may need to make between the benefits brought about with the drugs and the problems they cause. This new edition of highly respected text challenges the received wisdom of the benefits of the drugs and the nature of the evidence that is used by the advocates of drug treatment. It is a pro-pharmacotherapy book but aims at putting mental health professionals and users in a better position to understand the rational basis for therapeutic decisions." Back cover: "New to this edition: 1) a new section on bipolar disorders -- 2) a new chapter on the issues surrounding the giving of psychotrophic drugs to children -- 3) more information about dependence on and withdrawal from psychiatric drugs -- 4) a new chapter on psychostimulants -- 5) a new chapter on pharmacological abuse. The fourth edition of this book follows the successful formula of the earlier editions in putting greater emphasis on patient and paramedical inputs to the prescribing of psychotrophic drugs."
• Edition: 4th ed
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh New York : Churchill Livingstone
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 345 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 615/.788; Psychotropic drugs; Psychopharmacology; Mental illness -- Chemotherapy; Mental Disorders -- drug therapy; Psychotropic Drugs -- therapeutic use; Psychotropes -- Guides, manuels, etc; Mental illness -- Chemotherapy; Psychopharmacology; Psychotropic drugs; Handbooks; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702033612; 0702033618
• Related ISBNs: 9780443074141; 0443074143
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.