Clinical Manual of Psychopharmacology in the

Psychiatric drugs are frequently used in the medically ill and are prescribed to nearly three-quarters of medically ill patients seen in psychiatric consultation. Primary care and other nonpsychiatric physicians account for more than one-half of prescriptions written for psychiatric drugs, typically to patients with complex medical illnesses. Appropriate use of psychopharmacology in the medically ill requires careful consideration of the underlying disease process and the potential for multiple complex interactions. This book is a comprehensive yet practical guide to psychotropic prescribing for patients who are medically ill. Both basic and more specialized knowledge is covered, from fundamental principles of psychotropic prescribing to disease- and organ systemspecific issues. Designed to be useful to a broad range of specialists, this manual will equip clinicians with the detailed and directly relevant information they need to pro

Stephen J. Ferrando, M.D., is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Public Health and Vice Chair for Psychosomatic Medicine and Departmental Operations at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Psychiatry, in New York, New York.

James L. Levenson, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Surgery and Vice-Chair of Psychiatry for Clinical Services at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, Virginia.

James A. Owen, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Queen's University, and Director of the Psychopharmacology Lab, Providence Care Mental Health Services, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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Clinical Manual of Psychopharmacology in the Medically Ill

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