Product Description
by Arash Ansari (Author), David Osser (Author)
Psychopharmacology: A Concise Overview, 3rd Edition is an evidence-based overview of the major classes of psychiatric medications and their use in clinical practice. Clinical considerations as to when, why, and how to use each individual medication are discussed in depth, as are relevant clinical controversies and treatment caveats. Each chapter also features an updated table of individual medications and their generic and brand names, dosing information, pertinent clinical comments, black box warnings, and Food and Drug Administration indications. This overview will equip readers with an essential framework of the concepts of psychopharmacology in an accessible length and style ideal for use as either a primer or refresher text. Medical students, residents, practicing physicians, nurse practitioners and other prescribers, as well as non-prescribing mental health clinicians who need to have a functional familiarity with available pharmacotherapies, will benefit from reading this
concise book.
Author Biography
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.
