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The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry is the leading clinical reference for handling prescribing problems as encountered in daily practice and for formulating prescribing policy.

This essential guide is for anyone responsible for prescribing, dispensing or administering drugs for patients with mental health disorders. All the evidence has been reviewed and summarized succinctly by an expert team of psychiatrists and pharmacists. This new edition makes greater use of tables and boxes to facilitate quick reference and includes new sections on cytochrome-mediated interactions and psychiatric side effects of non-psychotropic drugs.
Clinically relevant - Chapters address plasma monitoring, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety, children and adolescents, substance abuse and special patient groups. Each section has a full reference list. It covers prescribing drugs outside their licensed indications and their interaction with substances such as alcohol, nicotine and caffeine.

Trainees will gain important information regarding the rational, safe and effective use of medications for patients with mental illness. Experienced clinicians will find excellent guidance regarding more complex issues that they may not encounter regularly.

Long recognized as an international trailblazer in mental health care, the Maudsley Hospital earned its reputation for excellence in both in-patient and community care. It is highly regarded for its research, and pioneered the use of clinical neuroscience. You can trust

The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry to be scientifically sound and clinically effective.

Authors: David Taylor, Carol Paton and Shitij Kapur

Publisher: Wiley - Blackwell
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App Changes

• June 12, 2014 Initial release
• November 12, 2014 New version 2.2.3