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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Chapters:

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements, Contributors’ conflict of interest, List of abbreviations
Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses
Bipolar Disorder
Depression and Anxiety Disorders
Addictions and Substance Misuse
Prescribing in Children and Adolescents
Prescribing in Older People
Prescribing in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Prescribing in Hepatic and Renal Impairment
Drug Treatment of other Psychiatric Conditions
Drug Treatment of Psychiatric Symptoms Occurring in the Context of Other Conditions
Pharmacokinetics
Other Substances
Psychotropic Drugs in Special Conditions
Prescribing Psychotropics
Miscellany