Psychiatric Side Effects of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications: Recognition and Management

Psychiatric Side Effects of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications: Recognition and Management; Brown TM, Stoudemire A. 443 pages. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Pr; 1998. $75.00. ISBN 0880488689. Order phone 800-368-5777.

Field of medicine: Internal medicine (including subspecialties) and psychiatry.

Format: Hardcover book.

Audience: The authors aim the book broadly to “clinical scientists … patients, physicians, and pharmacologists.” I believe that it was written for medical students, psychiatric residents, primary care residents, and subspecialty fellows and their attendings. Because of professional judgment issues, it is only secondarily useful to patients and …