Author Description

This handbook, designed to fit in your lab coat, provides mental health professionals with the most current psychotropic drug information available. The handbook's features make it easy to use: user guide on inside front cover; alphabetically organized by brand and generic name; "dictionary-like" headings to expedite your search; and drugs are alphabetically listed by both brand (trade) and generic name and completely cross-referenced. New in this edition; 35 drug monographs; 23 herbal monographs; and patient education information. Updates to drug data fields include: adverse reactions; contraindications; drug interactions; and FDA approved and unlabeled uses.