This new edition of the Psychotropic Drug Directory continues its aim to provide for professional practicing clinicians a source of rapidly accessible information, advice and references on psychiatric drugs and to act as an aide memoire.
The chapters include drug treatment options for major mental health conditions; selecting drugs, doses and switching; psychotropics in problem areas; drug interactions; drug-induced psychiatric disorders; managing adverse reactions and finally miscellaneous information.
The Psychotropic Drug Directory has been published regularly since 1993, during which time there have been 23 editions in three languages and over 450 000 copies sold worldwide. The now well-known format of information arranged in a problem-solving manner allows issues to be resolved quickly and easily. Over 5000 key references are included for rapid identification of key papers for further research and clarification.
The underlying aim of the book is to help encourage the positive, optimal and rational use of medicines to their best effect in order to improve the quality of life for people with mental health needs.
About the author
Stephen Bazire is Chief Pharmacist for Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, based in Norwich. He is Honorary Professor for the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of East Anglia, a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, a past chairman of the UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group and a full member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacists.
He has a special interest in providing education and information about mental health drugs to service users and carers. He runs an informative website for users and carers (www.nwmhp.nhs.uk/pharmacy), which was first established in 1999. He has also developed an interest in automation within pharmacy and its application to mental health services.
His other interests include playing in a barn dance band, railways and, along with his family, being share-holders and season ticket holders at Norwich City FC, experiencing the highs and lows of actively supporting their local football team.
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Psychotropic Drug Directory, 2009