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The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs

Author: Jack M Gorman

More than 150,000 copies in print, 4th Edition

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The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs has become a classic and indispensable resource for the layperson and professional alike.  Informative, accessible, and easy to use, this newly revised and updated resource presents comprehensive information on the latest drugs and research, covering most adult mental health problems.  It also includes balanced information on controversial topics like the risk of suicide from antidepressants and the risk of obesity and diabetes from antipsychotics.

This book will help people with psychiatric problems, as well as their concerned families and friends, to better understand when drug therapy should be considered, which drugs should be used, for how long, and what side effects are expected.

Includes the latest information on:

-Antidepressants

-Antipsychotics

-Side effects and withdrawal symptoms

-Specific usage, dosage duration, and efficacy

“This book…meets a critical need…for the millions of people for whom psychiatric drugs are so important.” -Herbert Pardes, past President of the American Psychiatric Association.

Jack M. Gorman, M.D. has been involved in psychiatric research, teaching, and patient care for more than two decades. He has been Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School, and lectures frequently throughout the country.  He is the author of The Essential Guide to Mental Health.

E. James Lieberman - Library Journal

Psychopharmacology has changed so radically in the last few years that Gorman (psychiatry, Mount Sinai Sch. of Medicine, New York) has updated this clear, balanced, and authoritative guide three times since the first edition appeared in 1997. Gorman stresses the field's human aspect: he promotes good history taking (at least an hour's worth) by the treating psychiatrist, encourages patients and family members to ask questions, and emphasizes the value of feeling better over other considerations, including insight. He sees the worth of psychotherapy, giving examples where medication is not appropriate, and addresses well the subject of electro-convulsive therapy (i.e., shock therapy) in a positive light. Gorman no longer takes fees from drug companies, is somewhat critical of their promotional ties to physicians, and strongly supports the use of cheaper generic medication when available. The chapters review all the usual syndromes, so the book is a general guide to symptoms and diagnoses as well as to drug treatment. Since most psychiatric drugs are prescribed by nonpsychiatric physicians, this work will be useful for them and for nurse practitioners as well as for patients and families. Essential for all general libraries.

Library Journal

Much ignorance and many misconceptions exist about psychotropic prescription drugs (antidepressants, tranquilizers, antipsychotics, hypnotics, etc.), since people are often reluctant to ask questions about these drugs, even though they are among the most heavily prescribed. This is reason enough to recommend the book; the only minor quibble is some unnecessary repetition in the text. The information is no more technical than is needed to deal with this complex subject; most current comparable titles are aimed at the health practitioner. This book is also far more comprehensible than such readily available titles as the Physicians' Desk Reference .-- Mary Chitty, Massachusetts Coll. of Pharmacy & Allied Health Sciences, Boston

Booknews

In this guide for consumers and practitioners, Dr. Gorman (psychiatry, Columbia U.; director, NY State Psychiatric Institute) presents the latest psychotropic medications (e.g. Effexor, Zyprexa, and Depakote)<-->detailing indications, side effects, and other sometimes controversial issues. Includes glossary, reading list. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

One terrific pocket (3.25x6.75") guide, providing expert but nontechnical psychiatric drug information, revised and updated from the first (hardcover) edition of 1990. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

What People Are Saying

Herbert Pardes
This book...meets a critical need...for the millions of people for whom psychiatric drugs are so important.

Donald Klein
This is a unique and cool guide to the psychiatric medications that are so often necessary for effective treatments of properly diagnosed illnesses. Patients and families will profit enormously as well as many medical and non-medical practitioners.
— Donald Klein, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

Thomas Posey
[This book] is of great service for those of us who are advocates for the mentally ill.
— Thomas Posey, President of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill