Meyler's Side Effects of Psychiatric Drugs
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Elsevier now offers a series of derivative works based on the acclaimed Meylers Side Effect of Drugs, 15th Edition. These individual volumes are grouped by specialty to benefit the practicing physician or health care clinician. The unwarranted effects of medications used in psychiatry can adversely affect a treatment plan. This book is critical in helping psychiatrists and mental health professionals assess the adverse effects of drugs such as antidepressants, mood stabilizers, hypnosedatives, and antipsychotic drugs.The material is drawn from the 15th edition of the internationally renowned encyclopedia, Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs, and the latest volumes in the companion series, Side Effects of Drugs Annuals. Drug names have usually been designated by their recommended or proposed International Non-proprietary Names (rINN or pINN); when those are not available, clinical names have been used. In some cases, brand names have been used.This volume is critical for any health professional involved in the administration of psychiatric mediations.
Key Features
- Surpasses the Physician’s Desk Reference © by including clinical case studies and independent expert analysis
- Complete index of drug names
- Most complete cross referencing of drug-drug interactions available
- Extensive references to primary and secondary literature
- Also includes information on adverse effects in pregnancy
The book is divided into six sections:
- Antidepressants – A general introduction to their adverse effects, followed by monographs on individual drugs and groups of drugs (including lithium)
- Neuroleptic drugs – A general introduction to their adverse effects, followed by monographs on individual drugs
- Hypnosedatives - A general introduction to their adverse effects, followed by monographs on individual drugs
- Drugs of abuse
- Drugs used to treat Alzheimer’s disease
- Psychological and psychiatric adverse effects of non-psychoactive drugs
Readership
Psychiatrists, mental health professionals
Table of Contents
- Preface
Antidepressants
Tricyclic Antidepressants
Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIS)
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
Other Antidepressants
Lithium
Neuroleptic Drugs
Hypnosedatives
Benzodiazepines
Non-benzodiazepine Hypnosedatives
Drugs of Abuse
Amphetamines
Cannabinoids
Cocaine
Dexamfetamine
Diamorphine (Heroin)
Dimethyltryptamine
Gammahydroxybutyrate
Khat
Lysergide
Mescaline
Metamfetamine
Methadone
Methylenedioxymetamfetamine (MDMA, Ecstasy)
Organic Solvents
Phencyclidine
Psilocybin
Drugs Used in Alzheimer’s Disease 629
Psychological and Psychiatric Adverse Effects of Non-psychoactive Drugs
Index of Drug Names
Product details
- No. of pages: 512
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier Science 2008
- Published: October 10, 2008
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780444532664
- eBook ISBN: 9780080932873
About the Author
Jeffrey K. Aronson
Dr Jeffrey K. Aronson is a consultant clinical pharmacologist and physician in the Department of Primary Health Care in the University of Oxford and a consultant physician in the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust. He has been associated with the Meyler series since 1977 and has published many research papers on adverse drug reactions. He is President of the British Pharmacological Society and serves on many committees concerned with drug therapy, including the Technology Appraisal Committee of the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Joint Formulary Committees of the British National Formulary and the British National Formulary for Children.
Affiliations and Expertise
consultant clinical pharmacologist and physician in the Department of Primary Health Care in the University of Oxford and a consultant physician in the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust
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