Psychotropic Drugs: Fast Facts

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

Overview – Table of Contents

Contents

1.Antipyschotic Agents

2. Neuropsychiatric Disorders

3. Antidepressants

4. Monoamine-Oxidase Inhibitors

5. Lithium

6. Anticonvulsants, Mood Stabilizaers, and Antiagression Agents

7. Antianxiety Agents

8. Hypnotics

9. Stimulants

Appendices

Drug Identification by Generic Name
Drug Identifaction by Brand Name
Drug Interactions
Cytochromes p450 Enzymes
Symptom Checklist

All chapters contain the following sections:

• Introduction: names, Classes, Manufacturers, Dose Forms, Colors
• Pharmacology
• Doses
• Clinical Indications and Use
• Side Effects
• Pregnancy and Lactation
• Drug-Drug Interactions
• Effects on Laboratory Test
• Withdrawal
• Overdose: toxicity, Suicide, and Treatment
• Precautions
• Nurses' Data
• Patient and Family Notes

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