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Adverse syndromes and psychiatric drugs : a clinical guide / edited by Peter M. Haddad, Serdar Dursun and Bill Deakin. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xiii, 316 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Oxford medical publications series .

Comprend un index : p. [308]-316. 1. Extrapyramidal syndromes 2. Neuroleptic malignant syndromes 3. Serotonin syndrome 4. Torsade de pointes and sudden death 5. Hyperprolactinaemia 6. Adverse syndromes associated with lithium 7. Sexual dysfunction 8. Dabetes mellitus 9. Teratogenic syndromes 10. Antidepressant discontinuation syndromes 11. Antipsychotic discontinuation syndromes 12. Blood dyscrasias 13. Benzodiazepine dependence 14. Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion 15. Dermatological syndromes 16. Miscellaneous syndromes: Anticholinergic toxicity, clozapine toxicity, and hypertensive crisis with MAOIs.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pharmacotherapy is an important part of the treatment of major phychiatric disorders. Although psychiatric drugs can have benefits for patients, adverse syndromes are common, causing distress for patients. This book will help psychiatrists, GPs, pharmacists and nurses manage adverse syndromes associated with psychiatric drugs.

ISBN: 9780198527480 (pbk.) : £29.95 0198527489

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Phychotropic drugs--Side effects
Drug Therapy--Adverse Effects
Traitement meþdicamenteux--Effets indeþsirables
Psychotropic Drugs--Adverse Effects
Psychoanaleptiques--Effets indeþsirables
Psychopharmacology.
Psychopharmacologie.
Health and Wellbeing.
Medical toxicology
Neurosciences
Psychiatry
Pharmacology

LC Class. No.: RM315 / .A426 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 615.78 HAD

National Library of Medicine Call No.: QV 77.2 / A244 2004