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Physician's Desk Reference: Drug Guide for
Mental Health Professionals, 3rd Edition Softcover: 900 pages + updates
Professionals have turned to PDR for the latest word on prescription drugs for over 60 years!
Mental health professionals now have a drug reference that is designed expressly for them, the PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals. It covers psychotropics, substances that can be abused, as well as common medications that are prescribed for patients for their other medical conditions. The key components include:
This highly useful, portable reference is brought to you by the publishers of the trusted Physicians' Desk Reference. Written in a clear, easy-to-read style, the PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals, Second Edition offers quick access to the facts mental health professionals need on the prescription drugs their patients are taking.
The mental health profession is one that clearly must keep abreast of the constantly evolving biopsychosocial developments and societal changes. For instance, scientific breakthroughs have resulted in human beings living longer, but this comes at a great cost. Physical ailments, the accompanying aches and pains, possible decline in mental faculties, and depression and anxiety due to the loss of loved ones or difficulty coping with an ever-changing world have resulted in the consumption of more over-the-counter drugs and prescription medications (including psychotropic prescriptions). With increased consumption comes increased risk for misuse and abuse.
Another example involves the development of a group of drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which have proved to be quite effective for the treatment of depression. These drugs have been embroiled in controversy, however, when prescribed for children and adolescents under the age of 18 for fear that some may increase the risk of suicidal ideation. This is particularly important because some studies have indicated that depression may affect as many as 2.5% of children and 8.3% of adolescents—this translates into millions of young lives.
The advent of "club drugs" such as GHB, Rohypnol, and MDMA have resulted in increased visits to emergency rooms and hospital admissions related to rape, heat exhaustion, and cardiovascular collapse. Ingestion of these chemicals in combination with other drugs and alcohol has resulted in death in some cases. When one ponders these examples, it is clear that today’s clinician must have a working knowledge of the myriad medications and substances that their patients may be prescribed or abusing.
Unquestionably, today’s mental health professional works at a time when research studies are being conducted with greater proficiency and abundance, due in large measure to advances in computer science and technology.
As a result, the field is exploding with information. Combine this with shorter lengths of stay in inpatient units, abridged outpatient programs, consumers being treated in both mental health and substance abuse settings, and you have the necessity for mental health professionals to know more than the breadth and scope of their own discipline. The non-physician clinician working in the mental health field can no longer afford to simply say to his or her patient, "Speak to your psychiatrist about that." Today, PDR is considered the standard prescription drug reference and can be found in virtually every physician's office, hospital and pharmacy in the United States. In fact, nine out of ten doctors consider PDR their most important reference source. The latest, most accurate prescription drugs data - always at your fingertips.
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