Psychiatric Rational Drug Use Manual

Author: Yu Dongshan
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Publish Date: 2005-10-20
Features: This book is centered on psychopharmacology and clinical applications, with the clinical effects of neurotransmitters as its main thread. The book is divided into three parts: The first part is the fundamental theory, which explains the clinical effects of neurotransmitters; the second part is the specific section, introducing the properties of each psychiatric drug, including trade names, specifications and packaging, reference prices (retail prices in Nanjing area as of June 2005), indications, dosage and administration, adverse reactions, contraindications, pharmacokinetics, and drug interactions, enabling doctors to fully understand the various attributes of the drugs; the third part is clinical applications, elaborating on the pharmacological treatment of common mental illnesses. This book is centered on psychopharmacology and clinical applications, with the clinical effects of neurotransmitters as its main thread. The book is divided into three parts: The first part is the fundamental theory, which explains the clinical effects of neurotransmitters; the second part is the specific section, introducing the properties of each psychiatric drug, including trade names, specifications and packaging, reference prices (retail prices in Nanjing area as of June 2005), indications, dosage and administration, adverse reactions, contraindications, pharmacokinetics, and drug interactions, enabling doctors to fully understand the various attributes of the drugs; the third part is clinical applications, elaborating on the pharmacological treatment of common mental illnesses. The book's materials are primarily sourced from recent three years' new developments in international psychiatric journals, combined with relatively recent domestic clinical data, making the content comprehensive and detailed. It aims to help psychiatrists further understand the different characteristics of psychiatric drugs and their interactions, enabling better and more rational drug use. This book is primarily suitable for psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, and students of related disciplines in medical schools. It also has some reference value for the families of psychiatric patients.