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    Straight talk about your mental health / James Morrison.

    • Title:Straight talk about your mental health / James Morrison.
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    • Author/Creator:Morrison, James R., 1940-
    • Published/Created:New York : Guilford Press, ©2002.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Psychiatry--Popular works.
      Mental health services--Popular works.
    • Medical Subjects: Mental Disorders--Popular Works.
      Psychiatry--Popular Works.
    • Description:viii, 343 pages ; 26 cm.
    • Summary:Morrison explains which treatments work best for which illnesses, detailing numerous drugs, including the new generation of anti-psychotics.
    • Notes:Includes index.
    • ISBN:1572307862 (hbk. : alk. paper)
      1572306742 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:Taking charge of your care: what mental health clinicians do
      Will treatment help me?
      Where can I go for help?
      What is my role in treatment?
      Introduction to psychiatric drugs
      Antidepressants
      Mood stabilizers
      Drugs to treat anxiety and insomnia
      Antipsychotic medications
      Drugs for dementia
      Medications to treat substance abuse
      Nondrug physical treatments
      Psychotherapy
      Behavior modification
      Depression
      Mania and mood swings
      Anxiety and panic
      Phobias
      Posttraumatic stress disorder
      Obsessive-compulsive disorder
      Somatization disorder
      Psychosis and schizophrenia
      Alzheimer's and other dementias
      Eating and sleeping disorders
      Substance abuse.
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