New eBook edition: The Maudsley prescribing guidelines in psychiatry

Monday, 28 April, 2025

We're delighted to showcase a new edition of an essential eBook available via The Knowledge Network: 15th edition of The Maudsley prescribing guidelines in psychiatry.

This is the essential evidence-based handbook on the safe and effective prescribing of psychotropic agents.

Covering both common and complex prescribing situations encountered in day-to-day clinical practice, this comprehensive resource provides expert guidance on drug choice, minimum and maximum doses, adverse effects, switching medications, prescribing for special patient groups, and more. Each clear and concise chapter includes an up-to-date reference list providing easy access to the evidence on which the guidance is based. 

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