For each medication covered, readers will find concise, easily referenced information on • Indications• Contraindications• Dosing• Drug interactions• Clinical monitoring• Adverse effects
Conveniently organized by drug class and indication, the handbook also features clinical pearls for each agent and class from experts and published literature in the field. Readers will benefit from evidence-based information on off-label prescribing, as well as from sections devoted to prescribing in special situations (e.g., pregnancy and lactation) and in specific populations (e.g., older adults and children/adolescents).
As useful as a teaching tool and study guide as it is as an on-the-spot resource in outpatient, inpatient, and emergency settings, the Handbook of Practical Psychopharmacology is the busy practitioner's must-have companion.
Matthew Macaluso, D.O., DFAPA, is Professor of Psychiatry, Bee McWane Reid Endowed Chair in Mood Disorders, and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He also serves as the Clinical Director of the UAB Depression and Suicide Center.
Calley Johnston, M.D., is Assistant Professor and Quality Medical Director for Inpatient Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurobiology at the Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.