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About Therapeutic Guidelines
Getting to know your drugs
Analgesic
Antibiotic
Cardiovascular
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology
Gastrointestinal
Fatigue: diagnostic approach in primary care
Neurology
Oral and Dental
Palliative Care
Psychotropic
    Contributors
    Preface
    Getting to know your psychotropic drugs
    Pertinent practical points
    Anxiety and associated disorders
    Sleep disorders
    Mood disorders
    Schizophrenia and related psychoses
    Behavioural emergencies
       Introduction
       Legal and professional obligations
       Initial steps in management
       De-escalation
       Pharmacological treatment
          Introduction
          Acute medical settings
          Acute psychiatric settings
             General considerations
             Oral medication
             Intramuscular injection
             Intravenous injection
             Warnings on the use of droperidol (Box 8.9)
       Post-medication monitoring and management
       Transportation of patients
    Delirium
    Dementia
    Substance use disorders
    Personality disorders
    Eating disorders
    Disorders usually first diagnosed in childhood and adolescence
    Patient resources and support organisations (Appendix 8.1)
    Sources of information and assistance (Appendix 8.2)
    Clinical Institute Withdrawal of Alcohol Scale, revised (CIWA-Ar) (Appendix 8.3)
    List of tables and boxes
    Key references
Respiratory
Rheumatology
Ulcer and wound management
Developmental Disability
Drug use in pregnancy and breastfeeding