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Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines

Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines 15th edition

The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry is the essential evidence-based handbook on the safe and effective prescribing of psychotropic agents.

Prescribing medications for patients suffering from mental illness is a challenging but essential component of clinical practice. Drug choice, dosage, and other considerations can have a critical impact on patient outcomes and long-term care. For years, The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines have served as the indispensable evidence-based handbook for prescribing psychotropic medications. Now fully updated to reflect the latest evidence and practice, it will continue to serve a new generation of trainees and clinicians.

Readers of the fifteenth edition of The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines will also find:

  • Analysis of all psychotropic drugs currently used in the US, UKA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan
  • Detailed discussion of topics including adverse effects, the ramifications of switching medication, special patient groups, and many more
  • Fully up-to-date reference lists at the end of each chapter

Whether in the doctor's office, in the clinic, or on the ward, The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry, Fifteenth Edition is a must-have for psychiatrists, pharmacists, neuropharmacologists, clinical psychologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals working in mental health, as well as trainees and students in medicine, pharmacy, and nursing.

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