Nurses' Clinical Consult to Psychopharmacology / Edition 1

by Jacqueline Rhoads PhD, APRN-BC, CNL-BC, PMHNP-BE, FAANP, Patrick J. M. Murphy PhD

Overview

2012 First Place AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing!

[This] is a valuable addition to the library of both primary care and psychiatric-mental health nurses, nurse practitioners, and their students."—Doody's Medical Reviews

This is the only advanced practice guide to provide an overview of the major DSM-IV-TR disorders across the lifespan and complete clinical guidelines for their psychopharmacologic management. It has been compiled by expert practitioners in psychiatric care and is designed for use by nurse practitioners and other primary caregivers in clinical practice.

The guide is organized in an easy-to-access format with disorders for which drugs can play a significant therapeutic role. The listing for each disorder includes clinical features and symptoms, as well as information about the most current and effective drugs for management. A clearly formatted table identifies the first and second lines of drug therapy along with adjunctive therapies for each disorder. Drugs are organized according to classification, and each listing provides the essential information needed to safely prescribe and monitor a patient's response to a particular drug. This includes brand and generic names, drug class, customary dosage, side effects, drug interactions, pharmacokinetics, precautions, and management of special populations. Convenient, practical, and portable, this guide will be a welcome and frequently used resource.

Key Features:

• Presents psychopharmacological treatment guidelines for major DSM-IV-TR disorders and parameters for use of each drug
• Prioritizes drugs according to their clinical efficacy and recommended treatment algorithms
• Includes brand and generic names, customary dosages, side effects, drug interactions, pharmacokinetics, precautions, and management of special populations
• Provides easy-to-read tables for quick clinical consultation
• Offers information on clinical algorithms, lab evaluation, and preventive services

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826105035
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	01/23/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Jacqueline Rhoads, PhD, APRN-BC, CNL-BC, PMHNP-BE, FAANP, holds three board certifications as an acute care nurse practitioner, adult gerontology nurse practitioner, and clinical nurse leader. She is board eligible as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. She has more than 30 years of clinical experience in leadership, critical care, acute care, and primary care nursing. Dr. Rhoads teaches in graduate and baccalaureate programs in acute and primary care and in the family and adult nurse partitioner tracks. She has special interest in advance health assessment and pharmacology. She has authored six major advanced practice textbooks related to advanced health assessment, differential diagnoses, and clinical management of psych/mental health, as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles. She has held research positions such as project director, principal investigator, and project coordinator in three major universities. Her areas of research include investigating posttraumatic stress disorder post-Vietnam, Desert Storm, and disaster-related situations.

Patrick J. M. Murphy, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Seattle University College of Nursing.

Table of Contents

SECTION I: GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

Chapter 1. Psychiatric Interview

Chapter 2. Clinical Decision Making in Psychiatry

Chapter 3. Emergency Psychiatry

Chapter 4. Diagnostic Encounter

Chapter 5. Diagnostic Evaluation

Chapter 6. Diagnostic Formulation, Treatment Planning, & Modes of Treatment

Chapter 7. Behavioral & Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions

Chapter 8. Psychoanalysis

Chapter 9. General Principles of Psychotherapeutic Management

Chapter 10. Psychological Testing in Psychiatry

SECTION II: SYNDROMES AND TREATMENTS IN ADULT PSYCHIATRY

Chapter 11. Delirium, Dementia, & Amnestic Syndromes

Chapter 12. Substance-Related Disorders:

Chapter 15. Anxiety Disorders

Chapter 16. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Chapter 17. Somatoform Disorders

Chapter 18. Dissociative Disorders

Chapter 19. Sexual Dysfunction & Paraphilias

Chapter 20. Eating Disorders Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa

Chapter 21. Personality Disorders

Chapter 22. Sleep Disorders

SECTION III: SYNDROMES & TREATMENTS IN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

Chapter 23. Disorders Usually Presenting in Infancy or Early Childhood (0-5 Years)

Chapter 24: Disorders Usually Presenting in Middle Childhood (6-11 Years) or

Index: Topical
Index: Symptom

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Elaine M. Scorza, MS, APRN, BC (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This handy guide for nursing professionals to the pharmacological management of common psychiatric disorders can also serve as a supplemental clinical reference to a primary textbook used in teaching graduate nurse practitioner students in primary care and psychiatric-mental health nursing.
Purpose: The authors' intent is to provide a guide to psychopharmacology for both primary care and psychiatric-mental health practitioners for use in practice. They note that what sets it apart from other works is that it provides an overview of the DSM-IV-TR disorders across the lifespan along with the suggested guidelines for psychopharmacological management of those disorders. This book meets the needs of busy advanced practitioners in these areas who are in need of a reference that covers a majority of psychiatric-mental health diagnoses and their pharmacological management protocols.
Audience: According to the authors, the audience includes nurse practitioners and other primary caregivers in practice, but this guide also is of value to students who need a more advanced and prescriber-oriented approach to this aspect of clinical care. The authors are experienced professionals in pharmacology, psychopharmacology, and the education of nurse practitioners.
Features: The first four chapters focus on psychopharmacology and its interface with receptors and neurotransmitters, clinical neuroanatomy, principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and emergency psychiatry. Then, treatment guidelines and the prioritization of drugs according to clinical efficacy help readers understand the role each drug plays. Seasoned professionals may note, however, that additional uses of a medication are not highlighted for some medications that may be used for more than one condition. When a drug is used for more than one condition, the full description is replicated in each of these sections. An example is the drug clomipramine (Anafranil), which is classified as a tricyclic antidepressant and listed both in the chapter on mood disorders and in the chapter on anxiety disorders in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. While this is somewhat redundant, it makes it easier for nurse practitioners in primary care or psychiatry to quickly locate the needed information using the classification of the disorder, rather than having to extrapolate an additional use of a medication from one combined reference. A shortcoming of the book is the brevity of information on associated management of the featured medical conditions, although this is consistent with the objective of providing a guide for readers who are expected to be versed in treatment modalities and monitoring.
Assessment: Overall, this is a valuable addition to the library of both primary care and psychiatric-mental health nurses, nurse practitioners, and their students.

Doody's Review Service

Reviewer: Elaine M. Scorza, MS, APRN, BC(Rush University College of Nursing)
Description: This handy guide for nursing professionals to the pharmacological management of common psychiatric disorders can also serve as a supplemental clinical reference to a primary textbook used in teaching graduate nurse practitioner students in primary care and psychiatric-mental health nursing.
Purpose: The authors' intent is to provide a guide to psychopharmacology for both primary care and psychiatric-mental health practitioners for use in practice. They note that what sets it apart from other works is that it provides an overview of the DSM-IV-TR disorders across the lifespan along with the suggested guidelines for psychopharmacological management of those disorders. This book meets the needs of busy advanced practitioners in these areas who are in need of a reference that covers a majority of psychiatric-mental health diagnoses and their pharmacological management protocols.
Audience: According to the authors, the audience includes nurse practitioners and other primary caregivers in practice, but this guide also is of value to students who need a more advanced and prescriber-oriented approach to this aspect of clinical care. The authors are experienced professionals in pharmacology, psychopharmacology, and the education of nurse practitioners.
Features: The first four chapters focus on psychopharmacology and its interface with receptors and neurotransmitters, clinical neuroanatomy, principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and emergency psychiatry. Then, treatment guidelines and the prioritization of drugs according to clinical efficacy help readers understand the role each drug plays. Seasoned professionals may note, however, that additional uses of a medication are not highlighted for some medications that may be used for more than one condition. When a drug is used for more than one condition, the full description is replicated in each of these sections. An example is the drug clomipramine (Anafranil), which is classified as a tricyclic antidepressant and listed both in the chapter on mood disorders and in the chapter on anxiety disorders in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. While this is somewhat redundant, it makes it easier for nurse practitioners in primary care or psychiatry to quickly locate the needed information using the classification of the disorder, rather than having to extrapolate an additional use of a medication from one combined reference. A shortcoming of the book is the brevity of information on associated management of the featured medical conditions, although this is consistent with the objective of providing a guide for readers who are expected to be versed in treatment modalities and monitoring.
Assessment: Overall, this is a valuable addition to the library of both primary care and psychiatric-mental health nurses, nurse practitioners, and their students.