Prescribing Mental Health Medication is a comprehensive text for all practitioners who treat mental disorders with medication. This new edition is fully updated and includes additional chapters on combining medications, combining medications and psychological therapies, innovative treatments and complementary therapies. Including information on all psychotropic medications in use in the United States and the United Kingdom, the book incorporates clinical tips, sample dialogues for talking about medications to patients, and information specifically relevant in primary care settings. It looks at: • How to determine if medication is needed, proper dosing and how to start, stop and change medication • Specific mental health symptoms and appropriate medication • Special populations including non-adherent patients, medication abusers, those mixing alcohol and psychotropics, confused patients, children, adolescents, pregnant women and seniors • Management of medication side effects and avoidance of medication risk • Prescription of generic preparations and digital prescribing • Organizing a prescriptive office and record-keeping This practical text explains the entire process of medication assessment, management and follow up for general medical practitioners, mental health practitioners, students, residents, prescribing nurses and others perfecting this skill.