Challenges in Clinical Practice

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.