Psychiatric Drugs Explained

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David Healy, MD, FRCPsych (Director, North Wales Department of Psychological Medicine, College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Bangor, UK)

Psychiatric Drugs Explained

David Healy, MD, FRCPsych (Director, North Wales Department of Psychological Medicine, College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Bangor, UK)

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Elsevier Health Sciences
06 May 2022

Psychopharmacology; Psychiatry; Psychiatric nursing

Psychiatric Drugs Explained offers a wealth of evidence-based information on psychiatric drugs in an easy-to-use format that can be quickly referenced in the clinical setting.

Written by internationally recognised author Dr David Healy, the book provides a comprehensive review of drug effects, action and side-effects. There is an emphasis on the lived experience of patients, providing the reader with a sense of what the adverse effects of drugs might feel like to those who use them.

A reader-friendly approach and clear layout, with information organised by disorder, make this popular title accessible and useful not only to nursing staff, but to all members of the multidisciplinary team.

Quick reference guide suitable for all members of the multidisciplinary team

Helpful boxes on user issues make potential complications easy to spot

Distinctive, reader-friendly style helps the reader understand the benefits and impacts of psychotropic drugs

New topics include management of dependence disorders, stimulants and drugs for children, cognitive impairment and sleep disorders

The only book with detailed coverage of the sexual side effects of psychiatric drugs and the abusive prescribing of prescription drugs

By: David Healy MD FRCPsych (Director North Wales Department of Psychological Medicine College of Medicine Cardiff University Bangor UK)
Imprint: Elsevier Health Sciences
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 7th edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 580g
ISBN: 9780702083907
ISBN 10: 0702083909
Pages: 356
Publication Date: 06 May 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Replaced By: 9780702046889
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

A professor of Psychiatry in Wales, David studied medicine in Dublin, and at Cambridge University. He is a former Secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology, and has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, 200 other pieces, and 20 books, including The Antidepressant Era and The Creation of Psychopharmacology from Harvard University Press, The Psychopharmacologists Volumes 1-3 and Let Them Eat Prozac from New York University Press, and Mania from Johns Hopkins University Press. David's latest book, Pharmageddon, documents the riveting and terrifying story of how pharmaceutical companies have hijacked healthcare in America and the life-threatening results. David's main areas of research are clinical trials in psychopharmacology, the history of psychopharmacology, and the impact of both trials and psychotropic drugs on our culture.