The evidence-based guide to antidepressant medications / edited by Anthony J. Rothschild.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rothschild, Anthony J.

American Psychiatric Association.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antidepressants.

Evidence-based psychiatry.

Mental Disorders--drug therapy.

Antidepressive Agents--therapeutic use.

Evidence-Based Medicine--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Disorders--drug therapy.

Antidepressive Agents--therapeutic use.

Evidence-Based Medicine--methods.

Physical Description:

xix, 404 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub., [2012]

Summary:

The second book in the Evidence-Based Guides series, The Evidence-Based Guide to Antidepressant Medications, provides a clear reference to the current knowledge and evidence base for the use of antidepressants among a variety of patients across a wide range of disorders. Today, in part due to the newer antidepressants, which have fewer side effects and less toxicity in overdose, many non-mental health professionals feel comfortable prescribing antidepressants. Antidepressants are prescribed for many patients in addition to those who have major depressive disorder, including patients with bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and personality disorders, as well as those with medical illnesses.

In addition, antidepressants are increasingly being prescribed by clinicians for so-called off-label use-to treat illnesses for which the medications do not have U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval-making it more important than ever for practicing clinicians to understand the use of antidepressants among several special populations, including children and adolescents, geriatric patients, and pregnant and lactating women. Chapters within this guide are authored by experts in their respective are of practice. Together, they have synthesized a large amount of medical literature into a comprehensive, yet understandable, concise, reader-friendly guide that features useful tables pertaining to the efficacy of specific medications and important clinical pearls of wisdom that are summarized at the end of each chapter as Key Clinical Concepts. This text is a must-have reference for psychiatrists and other practicing clinicians; residents in-training, psychiatric nurses, social workers, and researchers. Book jacket.

Contents:

Unipolar and bipolar depression

Anxiety disorders / Ryan J. Kimmel, Peter P. Roy-Byrne

Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder / Deepak Cyril D'Souza, Rajiv Radhakrshnan

Personality disorders / Kenneth R. Silk, Michael D. Jibson

Substance-related disorders / Avram H. Mack

Use of antidepressant medications in children and adolescents / Mary S. Ahn, Lauren Yakutis, Jean A. Frazier

Use of antidepressant medications in the geriatric patient / Benjamin Liptzin, Cassandra Hobgood

Use of antidepressants in the medically ill / Stacey B. Gramann, Nancy Byatt

Use of antidepressants during pregnancy and lactation / Kristina M. Deligiannidis

Evidenced based nursing care of patients prescribed antidepressants / Judith Shindul-Rothschild.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781585624058

1585624055

OCLC:

745304225