Kaplan & Sadock's HandBook of Psychiatric Drug Treatment - Softcover

Sadock, Benjamin J., M.D.; Sadock, Virginia A., M.D.; Sussman, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0781762154 ISBN 13: 9780781762151

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005

Synopsis

The thoroughly updated Fourth Edition of this popular handbook includes all the newest drugs used to treat psychiatric disorders. Each chapter provides complete information on preparation and dosages; indications; use in children, elderly persons, and pregnant and nursing women;adverse reactions; and drug-drug interactions.

To help physicians recognize and prescribe medications, the book presents color plates of all major drugs and indicates the forms and dosages in which they are available. Front-of-book tables identify chapters where each drug is discussed, and drugs used for each disorder. Also included is a tabular listing of toxic and lethal doses of each drug, symptoms of overdose, and emergency management measures.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0781762154
• ISBN 13: 9780781762151
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 293