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060			_aWM 402.
100			_aBazire, Stephen
245			_aPsychotropic drug directory 2018 : _bthe professionals' pocket handbook and aide memoire
260			_aShaftsbury : _bLloyd-Reinhold Publications, _c2018
300			_ax, 580p.
520			_aThis new edition of the Psychotropic Drug Directory (now in its 25th year), continues its aim to provide for professional practicing clinicians a source of rapidly accessible information, advice, and references on psychiatric drugs and to act as an aide memoire. The chapters include medicine treatment options for major mental health conditions; selecting medicines, doses and switching; psychotropics in problem areas; drug interactions; drug-induced psychiatric disorders; managing adverse reactions and finally miscellaneous information. The Psychotropic Drug Directory has been published regularly since 1993, during which time there have been 27 editions in three languages and over 502,000 copies sold worldwide. The now well-known format of information arranged in a problem-solving manner allows issues to be resolved quickly and easily. Over 10,000 key references are included for rapid identification of key papers for further research and clarification. The underlying aim of the book is to help encourage the positive, optimal and rational use of medicines to their best effect to improve the quality of life for people with mental health needs.
650			_aPsychopharmacology
650			_aPsychotropic drugs _97615
650			_aDirectories
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