Meet the challenges of mental health prescribing in the physically unwell with this essential guide

Treating mental health conditions in physically unwell patients presents unique challenges for clinicians and other practitioners. The efficacy and safety of psychotropic medications is established in physically healthy patients. In physically unwell people, psychotropics can have different outcomes and give rise to serious adverse effects that can complicate or worsen physical health conditions. Many clinicians face difficult decisions about prescribing for mental health conditions in such cases, and reliable information for them is scarce.

The Maudsley® Prescribing Guidelines for Mental Health Conditions in Physical Illness meets this urgent need with a comprehensive guide to the safe and effective pharmacological management of mental illness in physically unwell patients. Covering a wide range of physical health conditions and comorbidities, the book makes evidence-based recommendations on pharmacological interventions. It’s an essential resource for any clinical practitioner looking to balance the physical and mental wellbeing of people with concurrent physical and mental health conditions.

The Maudsley® Prescribing Guidelines for Mental Health Conditions in Physical Illness readers will also find:

  • Prescribing recommendations for mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, psychosis and bipolar affective disorder
  • Detailed discussion of the consequences for mental health prescribing in physical health conditions such as cardiac disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and many more
  • Treatment of complex and frequently encountered clinical scenarios such as restarting psychotropics after overdose and steroid-induced psychiatric conditions

The Maudsley® Prescribing Guidelines for Mental Health Conditions in Physical Illness is an essential reference for all prescribers, clinical pharmacists and nurses who work with patients with comorbid mental and physical illnesses.

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Preface vii

Acknowledgements ix

Abbreviations xi

Chapter 1 Cardiac Disease 1

Chapter 2 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder 37

Chapter 3 Depression in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 49

Chapter 4 Critical Care 61

Chapter 5 Surgery 69

Chapter 6 Dialysis 79

Chapter 7 Delirium 93

Chapter 8 End of Life Care 111

Chapter 9 Sickle Cell Disease 119

Chapter 10 Corticosteroid-induced Psychiatric Adverse Effects 123

Chapter 11 Glaucoma 131

Chapter 12 Starting Psychiatric Medicines after Overdose 137

Chapter 13 Non-oral Routes of Administration 147

Index 165

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Meet the challenges of mental health prescribing in the physically unwell with this essential guide

Treating mental health conditions in physically unwell patients presents unique challenges for clinicians and other practitioners. The efficacy and safety of psychotropic medications is established in physically healthy patients. In physically unwell people, psychotropics can have different outcomes and give rise to serious adverse effects that can complicate or worsen physical health conditions. Many clinicians face difficult decisions about prescribing for mental health conditions in such cases, and reliable information for them is scarce.

The Maudsley® Prescribing Guidelines for Mental Health Conditions in Physical Illness meets this urgent need with a comprehensive guide to the safe and effective pharmacological management of mental illness in physically unwell patients. Covering a wide range of physical health conditions and comorbidities, the book makes evidence-based recommendations on pharmacological interventions. It’s an essential resource for any clinical practitioner looking to balance the physical and mental wellbeing of people with concurrent physical and mental health conditions.

The Maudsley® Prescribing Guidelines for Mental Health Conditions in Physical Illness readers will also find:

  • Prescribing recommendations for mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, psychosis and bipolar affective disorder
  • Detailed discussion of the consequences for mental health prescribing in physical health conditions such as cardiac disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and many more
  • Treatment of complex and frequently encountered clinical scenarios such as restarting psychotropics after overdose and steroid-induced psychiatric conditions

The Maudsley® Prescribing Guidelines for Mental Health Conditions in Physical Illness is an essential reference for all prescribers, clinical pharmacists and nurses who work with patients with comorbid mental and physical illnesses.

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781394192403
Publisert
2024-11-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Wiley-Blackwell
Vekt
363 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
168 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
192

Biographical note

Siobhan Gee, MPharm, PGDip, MRPharmS (consultant), PhD, is the Consultant Pharmacist for liaison psychiatry and Deputy Director of Pharmacy at South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King's College London.

David M. Taylor, BSc, MSc, PhD, FFRPS, FRPharmS, FRCPEdin, FRCPsych(Hon), is Director of Pharmacy and Pathology at South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Psychopharmacology at King's College, London.