Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface xi
Acknowledgments xii
Notes on using The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry xiii
List of abbreviations xv
Part 1 Drug treatment of major psychiatric conditions 1
Chapter 1 Schizophrenia and related psychoses 3
ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS 3
ANTIPSYCHOTIC ADVERSE EFFECTS 109
REFRACTORY SCHIZOPHRENIA AND CLOZAPINE 190
CLOZAPINE ADVERSE EFFECTS 212
Chapter 2 Bipolar disorder 247
Chapter 3 Depression and anxiety disorders 305
Chapter 4 Addictions and substance misuse 451
Part 2 Drug treatment of special patient groups 537
Chapter 5 Children and adolescents 539
Chapter 6 Prescribing in older people 601
Chapter 7 Pregnancy and breastfeeding 679
Chapter 8 Hepatic and renal impairment 723
Part 3 Prescribing in specialist conditions 755
Chapter 9 Drug treatment of other psychiatric conditions 757
Chapter 10 Drug treatment of psychiatric symptoms occurring in the context of other disorders 777
Part 4 Other aspects of psychotropic drug use 831
Chapter 11 Pharmacokinetics 833
Chapter 12 Other substances 865
Chapter 13 Psychotropic drugs in special conditions 875
Chapter 14 Miscellany 897
Index 943
