The Prescriber's Guide - Revised and Updated Edition

From the first edition…

A valuable tool for practitioners who need easy and rapid access to information on psychopharmacotherapy…In short, this book is a handy desktop guide to the use of psychotropic agents in clinical practice. It is well designed and achieves its objective. Stephen Stahl is a well-qualified and respected clinical investigator in psychopharmacotherapy. The Guide's organization reflects his experience. The information that clinicians need in daily practice is easily accessed and presented clearly and succinctly. - Canadian Psychiatric Association

This completely revised and updated edition of Stephen Stahl's much acclaimed Prescriber's Guide is the latest addition to the Essential Psychopharmacology range. New drugs have been added and every drug has been revised and updated to take into account new regulations and uses.

In full color throughout and four or more pages for over 100 psychotropic drugs, Stephen Stahl distills his great expertise into a pragmatic formulary that gives all the information a prescriber needs to treat patients effectively. Each drug is covered in five categories: general therapeutics, dosing and use, side effects, special populations, and pearls.

Target icons appear next to key categories for each drug so that the prescriber can go easily and instantly to the information needed. Several indexes are included, listing drugs by name (generic and international), use and class. In addition, Dr. Stahl indicates which drugs have FDA approval and also provides FDA Use-in-Pregnancy Ratings.

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