Challenges in Clinical Practice: Pharmacologic and Psychosocial Strategies

Mark H. Pollack, Michael W. Otto, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum

Guilford Publications, 1996 - Psychology - 504 pages

Integrating pharmacologic and cognitive'behavioral perspectives in the major psychiatric disorders, this book features chapters by expert clinician'researchers who provide readers with up'to'date, practical strategies for the treatment of patients with complex psychiatric disorders, with a particular focus on the treatment'refractory patient. Specifically covering a broad range of the disorders confronted in clinical practice, the book also addresses the management of psychotropic side effects that complicate treatment. This book will be of value to psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and others treating individuals with psychiatric disorders, as well as researchers and students interested in this area. It will serve as a text for courses on psychopathology, clinical psychopharmacology and cognitive'behavioral therapy.

About the author

Mark H. Pollack, M.D., is Director of the Anxiety Disorders Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Michael W. Otto, Ph.D. is currently the Director of the Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School.

Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, M.D., is Director of the Outpatient Psychiatry Division and Chief of the Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Challenges in Clinical Practice: Pharmacologic and Psychosocial Strategies
• Editors: Mark H. Pollack, Michael W. Otto, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Guilford Publications, 1996
• ISBN: 1572300671, 9781572300675
• Length: 504 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Clinical Psychology