Full Description
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.
Contents
I. The Mind-Body Connection
1. How the Brain Works: A Basic Sketch
2. How Psychotropic Drugs Work
II. Psychiatric Disorders and Their Treatment
3. Depression
4. Bipolar Disorder
5. Anxiety Disorders
6. Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
7. Cognitive Disorders
8. Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
9. Physical Health and Illness
10. Special Populations
III. Creative Collaboration
11. The Therapeutic Relationship
12. Effective Referrals
13. Sharing Care
14. Strengthening Bonds
Glossary
References
Index
