Book description
Helps with complex prescribing needs
The evidence base for drug treatments in psychiatry ranges from
meta-analyses and randomised controlled clinical trials to single case
reports, and from NICE guidelines to individual SPCs. Where do you
look for information when transferring a patient from one drug to
another? Where do you find a clear overview when dealing with a
complex patient (e. g, with co-morbid epilepsy or liver disease or HIV
infection)? Where can you seek advice on prescribing psychotropics
during pregnancy? The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in
Psychiatry! The leading clinical reference for handling
prescribing problems as encountered in daily practice and for
formulating prescribing policy.
Evidence-based and written by experts
This book is the essential guide for anyone responsible for
prescribing, dispensing or administering drugs for patients with
mental health disorders. All the evidence has been reviewed and
summarized succinctly by an expert team of psychiatrists and pharmacists.
New content and improved format
This new edition makes greater use of tables and boxes to facilitate
quick reference and includes new sections on cytochrome-mediated
interactions and psychiatric side effects of non-psychotropic drugs.
Clinically relevant
Chapters address plasma monitoring, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder,
depression and anxiety, children and adolescents, substance abuse and
special patient groups. Each section has a full reference list. The
book covers prescribing drugs outside their licensed indications and
their interaction with substances such as alcohol, nicotine and caffeine.
Useful for all levels of experience
Trainees will gain important information regarding the rational, safe
and effective use of medications for patients with mental illness.
Experienced clinicians will find excellent guidance regarding more
complex issues that they may not encounter regularly.
Why the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry?
Long recognized as an international trailblazer in mental health
care, the Maudsley Hospital earned its reputation for excellence in
both in-patient and community care. It is highly regarded for its
research, and pioneered the use of clinical neuroscience. You can
trust The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry to be
scientifically sound and clinically effective.
David Taylor is Director of Pharmacy and Pathology
at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and Professor
of Psychopharmacology at King's College London. The lead author of
all editions of the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines, Professor
Taylor is the author of several other texts and editor of
Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology.
Carol Paton is Chief Pharmacist at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust,
London: she is also joint Head of the Prescribing Observatory for
Mental Health and an Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London.
Shitij Kapur is Professor of Schizophrenia, Imaging and
Therapeutics and the Dean and Head of School at the Institute of
Psychiatry, King's College London.
