Psychiatric Drug Handbook

This book provides important and updated information about the drugs used in therapy of psychiatric disorders, their mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, adverse effects, co-administered drugs to be avoided during therapy, and drugs to be used in the presence of other comorbidities. Hence, it is a complete guide to the busy practitioners as well as the students and rotatory house officers attending patients with psychiatric disorders. The new edition of the book provides updated knowledge about the recently added drugs being approved for use in psychiatric disorders, which will be useful to the postgraduate entrance aspirants as well as the postgraduate students. The clinical pearls provided at the end of the chapters stress upon the important points to be kept in mind during therapy. Moreover, the flowcharts and tables give comprehensive information in a concise, concrete manner as well as the drug dosages required.

Key Features :

• Very informative, compact, and updated with the information of recently approved drugs in psychiatry.
• User-friendly guidebook for busy practitioners, postgraduate aspirants, and postgraduate students.
• Information in bullets, tables, and charts as well as the clinical pearls at the end of individual chapters emphasize important points.
• Written by experts with immense knowledge in this field and clinical experience.