Prescribing Mental Health Medication: The Practitioner's Guide by Christopher M. Doran
Prescribing Mental Health Medication: The Practitioner's Guide by Christopher M. Doran
English | Aug 7, 2003 | ISBN: 0415282225, 0415282098 | 463 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | Aug 7, 2003 | ISBN: 0415282225, 0415282098 | 463 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
Prescribing Mental Health Medication is a text for nursing and medical practitioners who are learning how to diagnose and treat mental disorders with medication. Skills-based, it focuses on the following key issues:
how to start and stop medication
how to dose
when to change medication
dealing with particular kinds of patients
specific illnesses and their medication
special populations and conditions
the management of side effects
practical issues such as monitoring medication with blood levels
administrative issues such as record-keeping.