The Complete Guide to Psychiatric Drugs

This is invaluable if you are anything like me and need to know the fundamentals on each type of Psychiatric Drug. Helps you make your own informed decision or if you are just curious.

Amazon Book Description
Complete information about suing
psychiatric drugs and other treatmentsFrom Atavan to Xanax, tens of
millions of people are taking psychiatric medication or considering it
for their problems. In this comprehensive consumer guide, Dr. Drummond
helps the reader determine which symptoms will improve with medication
and which will not. He explains how to use psychiatric drugs sensibly
and safely, describing all side effects and how to manage them…

Most
importantly, he shows how to integrate their use with other treatments
for anxiety, depression, insomnia, ADD, bipolar disorder,
schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, eating disorders, drug dependency,
and other psychiatric disorders. The Complete Guide to Psychiatric
Drugs is essential for anyone considering medications, as well as for
their families, caregivers, and loved ones.Edward Drummond, MD
(Portsmouth, NH), received his medical education at Tufts and was
trained in psychiatry at Harvard University. He is currently the
Associate Medical Director at Seacoast Mental Health Center in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Synopsis
Complete information about suing psychiatric drugs
and other treatmentsFrom Atavan to Xanax, tens of millions of people
are taking psychiatric medication or considering it for their problems.
In this comprehensive consumer guide, Dr. Drummond helps the reader
determine which symptoms will improve with medication and which will
not. He explains how to use psychiatric drugs sensibly and safely,
describing all side effects and how to manage them. Most importantly,
he shows how to integrate their use with other treatments for anxiety,
depression, insomnia, ADD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s
disease, eating disorders, drug dependency, and other psychiatric
disorders. The Complete Guide to Psychiatric Drugs is essential for
anyone considering medications, as well as for their families,
caregivers, and loved ones.Edward Drummond, MD (Portsmouth, NH),
received his medical education at Tufts and was trained in psychiatry
at Harvard University. He is currently the Associate Medical Director
at Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Product details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (1 Jun 2000)
• Language English
• ISBN: 0471353701
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  Product Dimensions:
  
  6  x 9 inches