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Polypharmacy in Psychiatry Practice, Volume II

Use of Polypharmacy in the "Real World"

  • This is the first comprehensive volume regarding the multiple medication use in psychiatry
  • Preclinical and clinical investigation of the multiple medication use in psychiatry
  • Evidence-based monitoring important research developments in this field

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Antipsychotic Polypharmacy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Antipsychotic Polypharmacy in USA

      • Anand K. Pandurangi, John T. Vernon
      Pages 11-29
    3. Antipsychotic Polypharmacy in Czech Republic and in Ukraine

      • Viktor P. Samokhvalov, Oksana E. Samokhvalova, Viktoria A. Verbenko, Georgij N. Verbenko
      Pages 31-42
    4. Antipsychotic Polypharmacy in Schizophrenia. How to Counteract This Common Practice?

      • Takefumi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Uchida, Koichiro Watanabe, Masaru Mimura
      Pages 81-107
    5. Clozapine Combinations in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia Patients

      • Vladimir Lerner, Chanoch Miodownik
      Pages 109-143
    6. Metabolic Syndrome and Antipsychotic Polypharmacy

      • Fuminari Misawa, Fujii Yasuo, Yasuyuki Okumura, Hiroto Ito
      Pages 145-155
  3. Polypharmacy for Other Psychiatric Conditions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
    2. Evidence Based Combination Therapy for Bipolar Disorder

      • Stamatia Magiria, Melina Siamouli, Xenia Gonda, Apostolos Iacovides, Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis
      Pages 159-177
    3. Antidepressant Combination Strategies for Major Depressive Disorder

      • André F. Carvalho, Danielle S. Macêdo, Thomas N. Hyphantis, Roger S. McIntyre
      Pages 179-190
    4. Obsessive-Compulsive Syndromes in Schizophrenia: A Case for Polypharmacy?

      • Frederike Schirmbeck, Mathias Zink
      Pages 233-261
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 289-321

About this book

Although monotherapy is generally recommended as the treatment of choice, treatment resistance of patients with psychosis, cognitive, mood and anxiety disorders represents a significant clinical problem. In this context, augmentation and combination strategies are commonly employed to address this problem. Although multiple medication use common in psychiatric practice, reasons, efficacy and safety for polypharmacy, and augmentative strategies have remained unclear. It remains unclear if there is an evidence base to support polypharmacy. Furthermore, excessive and inappropriate use of psychotropic medications has been recognized as a public health problem. This volume is the first comprehensive, clinically oriented, reference on the multiple medication use to treat psychotic, cognitive, mood and anxiety disorders.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“The intent is to bring together a compendium of information from both clinical research and experience regarding the ever-increasing use of polypharmacy in the treatment of psychiatric conditions. … should be read by anyone involved in the pharmacological management of psychiatric illnesses.” (Michael Easton, Doody’s Book Reviews, July, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel

    Michael S. Ritsner

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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