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This evidence-based guide provides practical and clinically relevant information on all major classes of psychiatric medications. Clinical considerations as to when, why, and how to use each individual medication will be discussed in depth, as well as clinical controversies and treatment caveats.
List of contents
- List of Tables
- Disclaimer
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Antidepressants
- 2. Anti-Anxiety Medicines and Hypnotics
- 3. Antipsychotics
- 4. Mood Stabilizers
- 5. Stimulants and Other ADHD Medicines
- 6. Treatments for Substance Use Disorders
- Epilogue
About the author
Arash Ansari, MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Over the past 20 years, he has taught psychopharmacology to Harvard Medical School students and psychiatric residents. Dr. Ansari practiced inpatient and outpatient psychiatry at the Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, where he received the 2008 Arthur R. Kravitz, M.D. Award for Excellence in Psychiatric Teaching and Education. He has subsequently practiced psychiatry in private practice and at the Harvard University Health Services in Cambridge, MA.
David N. Osser, MD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and attending psychiatrist at the VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Division, where he organizes the psychopharmacology curriculum for residents at the Harvard South Shore Psychiatry Residency Training Program. He is general editor of the website www.psychopharm.mobi http://www.psychopharm.mobi/. Dr. Osser was the recipient of the 2012 Mentorship Award from the
American Psychiatric Association "in recognition of substantial and formative contributions to the mentoring of students and residents throughout a distinguished career in psychiatric research" and the 2015 Stuart T. Hauser Mentorship Award in Psychiatry from the Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Executive Committee.
Dr. Ansari and Dr. Osser do not have any affiliations with the pharmaceutical industry.
Summary
This evidence-based guide provides practical and clinically relevant information on all major classes of psychiatric medications. Clinical considerations as to when, why, and how to use each individual medication will be discussed in depth, as well as clinical controversies and treatment caveats.
