Psychotropic Drug Prescriber's Survival Guide: Ethical Mental Health Treatment in the Age of Big Pharma (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393705102)

Considerations for ethical treatment, however, demand that clinicians be wary of advertising hype, aggressive sales pitches, and confusing statistical methods. Psychotropic Drug Prescriber's Survival Guide is a long-awaited primer on the basic principles of pharmaceutical research, statistical methods, and health care ethics. The common sense approach of the authors enables practitioners to use information about psychiatric medications intelligently and to develop responsible prescribing practices.

This book appears at a time when new guidelines are emerging every day in response to growing public concern about industry marketing. The authors write within the context of this changing policy environment and apprise readers of what is developing in terms of regulations and what impact those regulations will have on their practice. However, sensible prescribers recognize that responsible treatment still cannot depend on external controls. Psychotropic Drug Prescriber's Survival Guide helps clinicians negotiate this complex situation and arms them with strategies for getting to the facts in an era in which solid science competes with marketing fictions.

Author: Amelia N. Dubovsky,Steven L. Dubovsky
ISBN-10: 0393705102
ISBN-13: 9780393705102
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.84h x 5.26w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2007 pg. 99