The Art and Science of Psychopharmacology: Essential Tools for Treating Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorder & Psychosis - Paperback

by Susan Marie (Author)

Be a vital, powerful resource in helping your clients benefit from medications.

The Art and Science of Psychopharmacology is filled with practical and adaptable strategies, client-friendly language, and the most up-to-date information about the medications being used to manage:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Bipolar Disorder
• Psychosis
• Insomnia

This book guides you through the various medications for each of these diagnoses and how to form essential conversations around your client's prescription. Susan Marie's decades of practice as a psychiatric nurse practitioner and educator shine through with lively case examples, discussion of complementary and alternative methods, and clear considerations for special and vulnerable populations.

Be an expert for your clients about the benefits of psychiatric medication and minimize any potential harm - this is the resource you will return to over and over again.

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Be a vital, powerful resource in helping your clients benefit from medications.

The Art and Science of Psychopharmacology is filled with practical and adaptable strategies, client-friendly language, and the most up-to-date information about the medications being used to manage:

[€[Depression

[€[Anxiety

[€[Bipolar Disorder

[€[Psychosis

[€[Insomnia

This book guides you through the various medications for each of these diagnoses and how to form essential conversations around your client's prescription. Susan Marie's decades of practice as a psychiatric nurse practitioner and educator shine through with lively case examples, discussion of complementary and alternative methods, and clear considerations for special and vulnerable populations.

Be an expert for your clients about the benefits of psychiatric medication and minimize any potential harm "€" this is the resource you will return to over and over again.

Author Biography

Susan Marie PhD, PMHNP, CARN-AP, has been a licensed psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner for over 35 years. She has been training mental health professionals for over 30 years, and currently teaches seminars nationally on both psychopharmacology and suicide intervention. Dr. Marie has an independent prescriptive practice treating adults with serious mental illnesses and provides consultation to other psychiatric and primary care providers.