Good prescribing is essential when treating older people with psychotropic drugs, given their vulnerability to adverse drug effects and dangerous interactions. Drug Treatment in Old Age Psychiatry reviews the most recent evidence and secondary analyses in the field, summarizing core knowledge and best clinical practice in quick reference charts. Every major psychiatric disorder is addressed, along with other issues, such as compliance, the range of available drugs, problems encountered in their use and the importance of "individualizing" treatment to each patient. This text is a practical resource for practicing psychiatrists, psychiatrists-in-training, pharmacists, and geriatricians.

Essential reading for clinicians, managers and researchers in child psychiatry, this authoritative book provides accessible coverage of essential theory as well as clear practical guidance to inpatient child psychiatric treatment. This method of treatment has fallen out of fashion in recent years in favor of community-based care, but remains a useful setting for treating more seriously ill patients. Bringing together contributions from across the profession, this book covers the "state-of-the-art" in current clinical treatment, and sets a bold new agenda for the future, arguing that inpatient child psychiatric units retain great potential for creative, effective, relevant treatment.

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This clinical handbook provides everything needed to plan, deliver, and evaluate effective treatment for clients with substance abuse problems and severe mental illness (SMI). The book is grounded in decades of influential research and written by authors at the forefront of the dual disorders (DD) field. The emphasis is on workable ways to combine psychiatric... [Read More]