Psychotropic Drugs: Fast Facts

Jerrold S. Maxmen, Nicholas G. Ward, and Steven L. Dubovsky

Overview – Table of Contents

With the continuing development of psychopharmacology, Psychotropic Drugs: Fast Facts continues to grow. New areas, such as cholinesterase inhibitors, continue the valuable expansion of treatments. As information in psychopharmacology explodes, clinicians must master increasingly complex information about new medications, new applications of existing medications, and the growing potential for adverse effects and interactions.

Now in its third edition, Psychotropic Drugs: Fast Facts continues to present valuable information in a clear and accessible format. The book organizes and presents data clinicians need to choose the right treatment for common psychiatric problems and to anticipate and deal with problems that arise in treatment. Published material deemed by the authors to be relevant to clinician practice is summarized concisely so that the reader can have the latest material available in an easy-to-read format. Details of individual medications are summarized in convenient charts and tables.

Praise for Psychotropic Drugs:

“…this third edition’s value as a basic medical reference may keep it actively circulating. Each drug receives nurses’ data, patient and family notes, and details on toxicity, withdrawal, and dangers. An excellent basic reference for any medical library.”

—Library Bookwatch

About the Authors

Jerrold S. Maxmen, M.D., for many years taught psychopathology to every discipline. At the time of his death in 1992, he was associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and had a private practice in New York City.
Nicholas G. Ward, M.D., is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington Medical School, where he directs the psychopharmacology training seminar for psychiatric residents. He has won national and international research awards for his work in psychopharmafology. Drs. Maxmen and Ward also wrote Essential Psychopathology and Its Treatment: Second Edition, revised for DSM-IV.
Steven L. Dubovsky, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine and Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He has published over 150 articles and chapters in books on psychopharmacology, mood disorders, and interactions between medical and psychiatric illnesses. Dr. Dubovsky consults nationally and internationally on complicated conditions and is involved in original research in bipolar and psychotic mood disorders and applications of new medications.

ISBN: 0-393-70301-0
June, 2002
Hardcover, 544 pages