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Polypharmacy in Psychiatry Practice, Volume II

Use of Polypharmacy in the "Real World"

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  • © 2013

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  • 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. Antipsychotic Polypharmacy

  2. Polypharmacy for Other Psychiatric Conditions

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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.

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“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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