Prescriber's Guide: Antipsychotics (6^th Ed., Revised edition) Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology

This spin-off from Stephen M. Stahl's new, completely revised, and fully updated sixth edition of the Prescriber's Guide covers the most important drugs in use today for treating patients suffering from psychotic illness. Now established as the indispensable formulary in psychopharmacology, easy to navigate and easy to use, the Prescriber's Guide combines evidence-based information with clinically informed guidance to support clinicians in making the most effective prescribing decisions for the good of their patients. Incorporating information on the newest indications, new formulations, new recommendations and new safety data, this edition continues to provide the essential practical support required by anyone prescribing in the field of mental health.

Introduction; List of icons; 1. Amisulpride; 2. Aripiprazole; 3. Asenapine; 4. Blonanserin; 5. Brexpiprazole; 6. Cariprazine; 7. Chlorpromazine; 8. Clozapine; 9. Cyamemazine; 10. Flupenthixol; 11. Fluphenazine; 12. Haloperidol; 13. Iloperidone; 14. Loxapine; 15. Lurasidone; 16. Mesoridazine; 17. Molindone; 18. Olanzapine; 19. Paliperidone; 20. Perospirone; 21. Perphenazine; 22. Pimavanserin; 23. Pimozide; 24. Pipothiazine; 25. Quetiapine; 26. Risperidone; 27. Sertindole; 28. Sulpiride; 29. Thioridazine; 30. Thiothixene; 31. Trifluoperazine; 32. Ziprasidone; 33. Zotepine; 34. Zuclopenthixol; Index by drug name; Index by use; Abbreviations.

Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. He has conducted various research projects awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health, Veterans Affairs, and the pharmaceutical industry. Author of more than 500 articles and chapters, Dr Stahl is also the author of the bestseller Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology (Cambridge, 2013).