The Therapist’s Guide to Psychopharmacology Third Edition
The Therapist’s Guide to Psychopharmacology: Working with Patients, Families, and Physicians to Optimize Care Third Edition:
Now in a revised and updated third edition, this noted practitioner guide and text incorporates the latest knowledge about psychopharmacology and collaborative care. Therapists and counselors learn when and how to make medication referrals and how to address patients’ questions about drug benefits, side effects, safety, and more. Organized around frequently encountered mental health disorders, the book explains how medications work (including what they can and cannot accomplish). Strategies for collaborating successfully with patients, their family members, and prescribers are discussed in detail. Written for optimal practical utility, the text features case examples, sample referral letters, checklists, and a glossary.
New to This Edition
*Chapter on the therapeutic relationship.
*New separate chapter on bipolar disorder.
*Expanded discussions of distinguishing psychiatric illness from normal distress, optimizing collaboration with psychiatrists, how medications work in the brain, treatment of chronic pain, and more.
*Additional case vignettes and psychopharmacology principles.
Additional ISBNs:
The Therapist’s Guide to Psychopharmacology Third Edition
∗ Print ISBN: 1462547664, 978-1462547661, 9781462547661
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The Therapist’s Guide to Psychopharmacology: Working with Patients, Families, and Physicians to Optimize Care Third Edition:
Cover
Half Ttle Page
Ttie Page
Copyright
About the Authors
Preface
Acknowkdgments
Contents
I. The Mild—Body Connectbn
1. How the Brain Works: A Basic Sketch
2. How Psychotropc Drugs Work
II. Psy&iatric Disorders and Thew Treatment
3. Depression
4. BOOIar Disorder
5. Anxiety Disorders
6. Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
7. Cognitive Disorders
8. Abhoism and Substance Abuse
9. Physical Heah and Ilness
10. Sped Popubtbns
III. Creative Colaboration
11. The Therapeutic Relatbnshp
12. Effective Referrals
13. Sharing Care
14. Strengthenng Bonds
Glossary
References
Index
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