The Maudsley Guidelines on Advanced Prescribing in Psychosis (The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines Series)

A guide to treating psychosis that provides information on drug options and sideeffects in order to allow for weighing treatment options knowledgablyThe Maudsley Guidelines on Advanced Prescribing in Psychosis offers a resource that puts the focus on the need to treat the individual needs of a patient. The authors noted experts on the topic offer an alternative to the onesizefitsall treatment of psychosis and shows how to build psychiatrist and patient relationships that will lead to effective individual treatment plans.The book provides uptodate data and information about commonly used antipsychotic drugs and drugs used in bipolar disorder. The text weighs both the upsides and downsides of each pharmaceutical presented, and helps prescribers and patients weigh the costs and benefits of various options to reach an appropriate treatment plan. The authors highlight the treatment at a population level and the systems in which individual treatments take places. This important resource: Facilitates the tailoring of an appropriate treatment plan for clients manifesting signs of psychosis Offers a comparative strategy that helps gauge the suitability of one treatment plan over another Provides athand data and information about commonly used antipsychotic drugs Includes an understanding of the origins and sideeffects of each drug presentedThe Maudsley Guidelines on Advanced Prescribing in Psychosis offers psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners an essential guide for treating psychosis on an individualized level.