Prescribing Mental Health Medication
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-28209-3 (ISBN)
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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.
Special icons used throughout the text highlight clinical tips, advice on how to talk to patients and differences in practice in primary care settings.
Based on the author's considerable experience of training nursing and medical staff, Prescribing Mental Health Medication presents complex topics in an organized, logical and easily assimilated format. It provides a supportive text for those new to prescribing and a comprehensive source of reference for more experienced practitioners or teachers.
1. General Principals of Medication Management 2. Myths and Truths about Mental Health Medication 3. The Initial Prescriptive Interview 4. Helping a Patient Decide to Try Medication 5. Starting Medication 6. Follow-up Appointments and Strategies 7. Medication and Psychotherapy 8. Stopping Medication 9. The Long Term Patient 10. Medication of Sleep Problems 11. Alcohol and Mental Health Medication 12. Prescribing Psychotropics for Geriatric Patients 13. Using Medication with Children and Adolescents 14. Pregnancy and Psychotropics - Rewards and Risks 15. The Confused and Agitated Patient - Medication Pitfalls 16. Psychotropic Medications and Side Effects 17. Danger Zones 18. Medication Allergies 19. Serum Blood Levels of Psychotropics 20. Generic Medications 21. Preparing an Office for Mental Health Prescribing 22. Prescription Writing and Record Keeping 23. The Telephone - Mainstay and Millstone 24. 'I Took Too Much' - Misuse of Medication 25. 'Difficult' Medication Patients - And How to Treat Them 26. The Pharmacist, the Pharmaceutical Industry and You 27. Keeping Current
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.6.2003 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 189 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 1021 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-28209-8 / 0415282098 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-28209-3 / 9780415282093 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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