PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals

By: Physicians Desk Reference

Book Overview

The growing use of psychotropic drugs has brought new opportunities and fresh challenges to the medical health care professional. That's why this PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563636794
• ISBN13: 9781563636790
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: PDR Network
• Length: 950 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

A Great Book

PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals This is a smaller version of the Physician PDR specifically for Mental Health practicianers. It is up to date, easy to use and is the first source I use regarding medication. I order one every year...every year more psychotrophic medications become available.

Excellent resource for chemical dependency counselors

This book provides current information regarding drugs clients may be taking, their side effects, alternatives, symptoms, etc. A must-have for any counselor's desk.

Great Book

I highly recommend this book for professionals who work in the mental health field or for those who work in Child Protection or a related field that might need a quick reference for medications that their clients might be on if you aren't already familar with it.

PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals, 3rd ed. (Pdr Drug Guide for Mental Health Profession

I love this book. I use it all the time. I especially like the pics of the meds since many clients come in saying they took "the orange pill". It helps identify what meds they are taking. I often use it to educate my clients about the medication, the side-effects, what to look for, what to avoid, how to take it. It helps me support my clients more. I highly recommend it.

Finally a reference guide that weighs less than 20 pounds!

Diagnosed with a number of psychological disorders at a very young age, I have been prescribed medication after medication. I soon found myself wanting to know what it was that I was taking. I trusted my doctors be feared they may have overlooked possible side effects or interactions. I have used the full sized PDR along with the Genarics tomb as well, books both very heavy and overly complex for someone uneducated in medicine. Now, PDR: Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals has alowed me to quickly cross-refrence drug interactions and saves me the time of having to sift through medical jargan to find the information I want to know and can understand. A great buy!