General advice about prescribing Use well-tried drugs a GIve an adequate dose Use drug combinations cautiously a Dosing and treatment duration a What patients want to know Compliance, concordance, and collaboration
6 General advice about prescribing ◼ Use well-tried drugs ◼ Give an adequate dose ◼ Use drug combinations cautiously ◼ Dosing and treatment duration ◼ What patients want to know ◼ Compliance, concordance, and collaboration
Prescribing for special groups Children and the elderly a Pregnant women: benefit and risk Anxiolytics and antidepressants Antipsychotic drugs and mood stabilizers a Neonatal toxicity a Breast-feeding
7 Prescribing for special groups ◼ Children and the elderly ◼ Pregnant women: benefit and risk ◼ Anxiolytics and antidepresssants ◼ Antipsychotic drugs and mood stabilizers ◼ Neonatal toxicity ◼ Breast-feeding
What to do if there is no therapeutic response Drug dose? a Other drugs a Diagnosis?
8 What to do if there is no therapeutic response ◼ Drug dose? ◼ Other drugs? ◼ Diagnosis?
The classification of drugs used in psychiatry a Antipsychotic: schizophrenia and mania Antidepressant: major depression Mood stabilizer: mania Anxiolytic: anxiety disorder a Hypnotic:insomnia a Psychostimulant: narcolepsy
The classification of drugs used in psychiatry ◼ Antipsychotic: schizophrenia and mania ◼ Antidepressant: major depression ◼ Mood stabilizer: mania ◼ Anxiolytic: anxiety disorder ◼ Hypnotic: insomnia ◼ Psychostimulant: narcolepsy 9