Psychiatric Prescribing Handbook: Diagnosis-Based Medication Reference for PMHNPs and Prescribers

By Dr. Rowland F Cohen

The patient is in front of you. The first-line antidepressant failed. The chart shows three other medications, a family history of bipolar disorder, and twelve minutes left on the visit. What you prescribe next matters - and you need to know it's right.

Psychiatric Prescribing Handbook was built for exactly that moment. It is a diagnosis-based medication reference written specifically for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners and other advanced prescribers who need clinical certainty at the point of care - not a textbook to read cover to cover.

Inside, you'll find:
- 18 full-color decision-algorithm figures that turn first-line selection, augmentation, and treatment-resistant pathways into a fast visual lookup - color-coded so green means go, amber means caution, and red means stop, at a glance.
- 32 chapters spanning the full DSM-5-TR diagnostic range, from major depressive disorder through psychiatric emergencies, each built around first-line therapy, second-line strategy, and what to do when the first two plans don't work.
- 31 quick-reference tables consolidating dosing ranges, monitoring intervals, and equivalency conversions you'd otherwise have to hunt for across five different sources.
- A regulatory chapter built for nurse practitioners, not adapted from a physician's text - Full Practice Authority by state, REMS programs, DEA scheduling, and the documentation that protects your patient and your license.
- Current through 2026, including the June 2025 elimination of the clozapine REMS program, post-SUPPORT Act buprenorphine prescribing rules, and the newest FDA approvals in treatment-resistant depression.

This is not a recycled physician's psychopharmacology text with "NP" added to the cover. It was built around how nurse practitioners actually prescribe - under their own license, within their own state's scope of practice, accountable for the documentation that follows.

Whether you're three years into independent practice or studying for board certification, this is the reference you keep on the desk, not the shelf.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6VJHTMY
• ISBN13: 9798184720623
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 2.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 11.0"