Name: The Maudsley Guidelines on Advanced Prescribing in Psychosis
SKU: 52005248
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Author: David M. Taylor
ISBN: 9781119578444

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The Maudsley Guidelines on Advanced Prescribing in Psychosis

Type

Physical Book

Author

Publisher

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

100

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.1x18.3x0.8 cm

Weight

0.22 kg.

ISBN13

9781119578444

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Maudsley Guidelines on Advanced Prescribing in Psychosis "

A guide to treating psychosis that provides information on drug options and side-effects in order to allow for weighing treatment options knowledgably The Maudsley Guidelines on Advanced Prescribing in Psychosis offers a resource that puts the focus on the need to treat the individual needs of a patient. The authors - noted experts on the topic - offer an alternative to the one-size-fits-all treatment of psychosis and shows how to build psychiatrist and patient relationships that will lead to effective individual treatment plans. The book provides up-to-date data and information about commonly used anti-psychotic drugs and drugs used in bipolar disorder. The text weighs both the upsides and downsides of each pharmaceutical presented, and helps prescribers and patients weigh the costs and benefits of various options to reach an appropriate treatment plan. The authors highlight the treatment at a population level and the systems in which individual treatments take places. This important resource: Facilitates the tailoring of an appropriate treatment plan for clients manifesting signs of psychosis Offers a comparative strategy that helps gauge the suitability of one treatment plan over another Provides at-hand data and information about commonly used anti-psychotic drugs Includes an understanding of the origins and side-effects of each drug presented The Maudsley Guidelines on Advanced Prescribing in Psychosis offers psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners an essential guide for treating psychosis on an individualized level.

David M. Taylor

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David M. Taylor is a British clinical pharmacist and academic, internationally recognized for his expertise in psychopharmacology. He is the Director of Pharmacy and Pathology at Maudsley Hospital and Professor of Psychopharmacology at King's College London. Since 1994, he has been the principal author and editor of The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry, a reference guide in the prescription of psychotropic drugs, whose 15th edition was published in April 2025. This work has sold over 300,000 copies and has been translated into 13 languages.

Additionally, Taylor co-wrote The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines (2024) with Mark Horowitz, offering evidence-based strategies for the safe reduction of antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs. With more than 450 scientific publications in journals such as The Lancet and BMJ, his work has been cited over 25,000 times. He was recognized as one of the UK NHS's 100 clinical leaders in 2014 and is an honorary member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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