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Straight Talk on Mental Health MedicationsPsychopharmacology: Straight Talk on Mental Health Medications
Author: Joseph Wegmann, R.Ph., LCSW
Publisher: PESI  2008
Price: $34.95
Details: 162 pp

Type of Book: Paperback
PESI Product Code: SAM040515

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As a healthcare practitioner or human service provider, would you like to:

  • Be better able to converse with clients and their families about the  proper use of psychotropic drugs?
  • Have a clearer understanding of the differences in popular psychotropic drugs and, based on your in-depth knowledge of your client, be able to collaborate with prescribers to make an optimal choice for your client?
  • Be able to successfully advocate on your client’s behalf with his doctor?

Psychopharmacology: Straight Talk on Mental Health Medications is the guide for healthcare professionals who need to understand psychotropic medications to improve client outcomes. This guide is straightforward and user-friendly – written in style that simplifies complex concepts and enables you use your expanded knowledge with skill and confidence. You’ll receive:

• Detailed descriptions of the disorders for which medications are most often prescribed
• The most up-to-date psychotropic medication models
• Case studies from the field you can apply to your own clients
• Tips on medicating special populations: children, older adults and expectant mothers
• A look at alternative medications: Do they work? Are they safe?
• Answers to frequently-asked questions
• A glimpse at the future of psychopharmacology

What others are saying:

“ . . . provides invaluable information for nursing assessments and nurse-based patient teaching. The clear and concise method in which information is delivered makes incorporating the facts into the nursing Process an easy task.”

Debra C. Godsey, RN, CLNC
Director of Nursing

“The field of psychopharmacology is rapidly changing. The seemingly endless introduction of new medications and even classes of medications underlines the need for a simple yet comprehensive text on the use of these psychotropic agents. This book will help the healthcare practitioner understand the pharmacologic basis of these drugs’ actions and allow them to better understand why a drug works in a specific condition.”

Eugene A. Woltering MD FACS
The James D. Rives Professor of Surgery and Neurosciences
Louisiana Sate University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans LA

“Joe’s book provides our staff with a readily-available and thorough manual to reference when planning our interventions with the parents and children we serve.”

Robert H. Couvillon, LCSW, BACS
Regional Administrator
Office of Community Services
Covington District

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