Intelligent drug prescribing in psychiatry : supporting the patient-prescriber partnership /
Peter Tyrer.
- First edition.
- x, 157 pages
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Models of drug action in psychiatry -- What should patients know about psychotropic drugs? -- What happens when drugs enter the body -- Essential elements to understand in prescribing -- Diagnosis and drug indications -- Personality and drug treatment -- The special problem of benzodiazepines -- The confusing world of withdrawal -- Drug prescription in young and older people -- Understanding the placebo response -- Deprescribing -- Prescribing policies -- Full list of psychotropic drugs and their indications.