Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-326) and index.
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.