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060			_aWM 402
100	1		_aBreggin, Peter R
245	1		_aPsychiatric drug withdrawal : _ba guide for prescribers, therapists, patients, and their families
260			_aNew York : _bSpringer, _c2012
300			_axxxix, 310p.
520			_aThis is the first book to establish guidelines and to assist prescribers and therapists in withdrawing their patients from psychiatric drugs, including those patients with long-term exposure to antipsychotic drugs, benzodiazepines, stimulants, antidepressants, and mood stabilizers. It describes a method developed by the author throughout years of clinical experience, consultations with experienced colleagues, and scientific research. Based on a person-centered collaborative approach, with patients as partners, this method builds on a cooperative and empathic team effort involving prescribers, therapists, patients, and their families or support network. The author, known for such books as Talking Back to Prozac, Toxic Psychiatry, and Medication Madness, is a lifelong reformer and scientist in mental health whose work has brought about significant change in psychiatric practice. This book provides critical information about when to consider psychiatric drug reduction or withdrawal, and how to accomplish it as safely, expeditiously, and comfortably as possible. It offers the theoretical framework underlying this approach along with extensive scientific information, practical advice, and illustrative case studies that will assist practitioners in multiple ways
650			_aPsychotropic drugs _97615
650			_aAdverse effects
650			_aRisk assessment _913503
650			_aPrescribing _913447
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