TY - BOOK AU - Holland,Liz AU - Floyd,Emily AU - Soames,Sara TI - The nurse's guide to mental health medicines SN - 9781526408358 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - SAGE KW - Psychopharmacology KW - Psychotropic drugs KW - Psychiatric nursing KW - Drug therapy KW - Mental disorders N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapters cover antidepressant medications, mood stabilising medications, medications for managing anxiety, medicines for alcohol and drug dependence, antipsychotic medication, medicines for rapid tranquillisation, medications used for the management of dementia. An appendix covers drug calculations. Glossary. Index N2 - The Nurse's Guide to Mental Health Medicines is an invaluable, pocket sized guide to a complex subject. Each chapter provides a short and easy-to-read overview of the different drug types used in mental health nursing, focusses only on the need to know information and the associated risks and side effects. The chapters also provide a short medicines list that gives you fast facts relating to the most common drugs used in practice. Key features: Simple layout with clear tables putting the facts at your fingertips; Written by nurses for nurses providing the perfect amount of detail for the busy student or practitioner; Clear and simple language combined with real world case studies to cut through the jargon and terminology ER -