Clinical Geriatric Psychopharmacology

By:

Carl Salzman

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Williams & Wilkins, 1992 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized 11 Aug 2008 Edition: 2nd edition, illustratedDescription: 363 pagesISBN:

0683074954
9780683074956

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DDC classification:

618.9768918 SAL

Summary: Thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition, this volume is the most authoritative clinical reference on the pharmacologic treatment of psychiatric disorders in elderly patients. This edition provides complete information on new psychotropic drugs, new uses for established drugs, and clinically relevant advances in the neurosciences. Four new chapters cover genes, pharmacokinetics, and their impact on prescribing; new cognitive-enhancing strategies and drugs; late-life depression and physical illness; and depression and cardiac disease in late life. The book offers detailed guidelines-including drug names, dosages, and prescribing recommendations-for pharmacologic treatment of specific disorders. Chapters include clinical vignettes and tables presenting current clinical trial data. Appendices provide succinct information on prescribing and drug interactions.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
BOOKS	MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO	NFIC	618.9768918 SAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	A. 2986

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Thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition, this volume is the most authoritative clinical reference on the pharmacologic treatment of psychiatric disorders in elderly patients. This edition provides complete information on new psychotropic drugs, new uses for established drugs, and clinically relevant advances in the neurosciences. Four new chapters cover genes, pharmacokinetics, and their impact on prescribing; new cognitive-enhancing strategies and drugs; late-life depression and physical illness; and depression and cardiac disease in late life. The book offers detailed guidelines-including drug names, dosages, and prescribing recommendations-for pharmacologic treatment of specific disorders. Chapters include clinical vignettes and tables presenting current clinical trial data. Appendices provide succinct information on prescribing and drug interactions.

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