Fully updated and expanded, in full color with intuitive icons throughout, packed with new and expanded comparison charts. The Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs has become a standard reference and practical tool for psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, physicians, and all mental health professionals. The new and fully updated 20th edition retains all the practical features for which the Clinical Handbook is renowned: Independent, unbiased; Packed with unique comparison charts (dosages, side effects, pharmacokinetics, interactions ...) that allow you to see at a glance which medication is the most suitable for each patient; Instantly recognizable icons and full color throughout, allowing you to find at a glance all the information you seek; The latest information on newly released drugs, adverse effects, approved indications; Succinct, bulleted information on all classes of medication: classification, available products (including US and Canadian trade names), on- and off-label indications (US FDA and Canada); pharmacology, dosing, pharmacokinetics; adverse effects, precautions, contraindications, toxicity; lab tests, precautions in young, old, and pregnant patients, nursing implications; drug interactions; patient instructions ... all you need to know for each class of drug! The latest information on Herbal and "Natural" Products, Unapproved Treatments, ECT, BLT, rTMS. - Publisher.

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Antidepressants -- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) -- Bright light therapy (BLT) -- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) -- Antipsychotics -- Antipsychotic-induced extrapyramidal side effects and their management -- Anxiolytic (antianxiety) agents -- Hypnotics/sedatives -- Mood stabilizers -- Drugs for ADHD -- Drugs for treatment of dementia -- Sex-drive depressants -- Drugs of abuse -- Treatment of substance use disorders -- Unapproved treatments of psychiatric disorders -- Natural health products.