✦ LIBER ✦
Psychotropic drugs; fast facts (4th Edn). Edited by J. S. Maxmen, S. H. Kennedy, R. S. McIntyre. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.: New York, ISBN 13: 978-0-393-70520-1 (Paperback), pp 260
✍ Scribed by Professor Stephen Curran; Dr Salman Shafiq
- Book ID
- 102266863
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 43 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6222
- DOI
- 10.1002/hup.1000
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✦ Synopsis
This book is now in its fourth edition and aims to provide up to date drug information for the busy clinician. The authors take into account recent advances including diagnostic refinement and new mechanisms of action. Consideration is also given to modifications in current pharmacotherapies to provide better tolerability and enhanced efficacy for example isolation of stereoisomers (e.g. escitalopram, eszopiclone), the identification of principal active metabolites (e.g. palliperidone, desvenlafaxine succinate) and availability of different human psychopharmacology