The Medication Question: Weighing Your Mental Health Treatment Options

by Ronald J. Diamond and Ronald J. Diamond MD

Book Overview

This important volume provides a thorough overview of a range of mental disorders, describing how they are affected by various medications and other interventions, to foster a strong alliance between family, patient, and clinician.

Diamond asks us to step well back from the brink of the "doctor knows best" mentality, addressing a more basic and radical question: Do I (or does my family member) really need medication, and if so, why, what,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393706303
• ISBN13: 9780393706307
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.1"