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Drugs and Clients/What Every Psychotherapist Needs to Know/by Padma Catell, Ph.D
This book is for anyone who is studying or practicing the art of
psychotherapy, particularly Marriage and Family Therapists, Clinical
Social Workers, nurses, graduate students, school counselors, and
psychologists-all of whom have a need to know how prescription
medications and other psychoactive drugs affect their clients. Click Here to see a larger image!
A Balanced Perspective
Depending on their training,
most mental-health professionals are either strongly in favor
of, or firmly opposed to, the use of psychoactive medications
such as Prozac, Ritalin, Valium, and Zoloft. Dr. Catell advocates
a balanced perspective, discussing the most common psychoactive
prescription medications. Practitioners also need to know
how their clients are affected by commonly-used non-prescription
psychoactive substances-both legal and illegal-such as alcohol,
caffeine, cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, marijuana, nicotine, sleep
aids, and many others. Drugs and Clients explains how psychoactive
substances work, describes how to objectively evaluate their
risks and benefits, and explories how their presence, or absence,
affects the process of psychotherapy, with a focus on how
to recognize when a medication evaluation might be needed.
A Clear, Concise Resource
for all Mental-Health Practitioners
In Drugs and Clients, Dr. Catell
makes the highly-complex subject of psychopharmacology accessible,
not only to psychotherapists, but to all mental-health practitioners
who have not been trained in the specialty of psychiatry.
It is also an ideal text for psychology and counseling graduate
courses in psychopharmacology, with chapters on:
• Sleep & Treatment of Sleep Disorders • Treatment
of Insomnia & Anxiety Disorders • Alcohol: Use &
Abuse • Treatment of Depressive Disorders • Treatment
of Bipolar Disorder • CNS Stimulants: Use & Abuse
• Treatment of Psychotic Disorders • Consciousness-Altering
Drugs • Cognition-Enhancing Drugs • Supplements,
Herbs, & Oils
ISBN: 0-929150-76-7 •
240 pages • 6" X 9" • Trade paperback:
$39.95
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Psychoactive Substances Reference Cards
These two handy tables from Drugs and Clients have been enlarged to
8.5" x 11" and printed on heavy card stock.
Common Psychiatric Medications & Nonprescription Drugs
This invaluable resource lists the most common psychoactive
substances by type (BZs, MAOIs, opioids, etc.) and the dose range.
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Essential Oils & Their Uses for Psychological Purposes
This table lists the most common essential oils (bergamot, lavender,
mint, sage, thyme, ylang ylang etc.) being used in aromatherapy.
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