The Best New Psychopharmacology Books To Read In 2025

A comprehensive resource for mental health professionals—now in a fully revised and updated tenth edition. The Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Therapists is the gold standard for mental health clinicians looking for clear, reliable information about the pharmacological treatment of mental health conditions. Organized by disorder and, within each disorder, by medication, this book is designed to familiarize clinicians and students with the basic terminology and models of psychopharmacology.

This fully revised and updated tenth edition provides essential information on medications and treatment options, and includes the latest research on side effects, contraindications, and efficacy of all major medications prescribed for mental health disorders. This handbook makes it simple to:. Get the facts about drug interactions and side effects   Find out how medications affect adults, children, and adolescents differently   Learn how different cultures view medical treatment—vital information for anyone treating clients from a variety of backgrounds   Discontinue medication safely when needed     The book also includes new material on novel and emerging medications, ethnopsychopharmacology, genomic testing, and psychopharmacology with older adults. This comprehensive guide to psychopharmacology has been adopted as a textbook at universities nationwide and is an important resource for every therapist’s library.

Offering user-friendly, authoritative guidance on cutting-edge psychopharmacologic and somatic treatments for psychiatric and neurologic conditions, Massachusetts General Hospital Psychopharmacology and Neurotherapeutics, 2nd Edition, helps you put today's best approaches to work for your patients. Composed of topical chapters primarily from the third edition of Stern et al.

’s Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, this fully revised resource focuses on current psychotropic treatments, electroconvulsive therapy, and neurotherapeutics, making it an ideal quick reference for psychiatrists, psychologists, internists, and nurse practitioners.Brings you up-to-date information on key topics in the field, including the application of anticonvulsants, anxiolytics, mood stabilizers, and psychostimulants; drug–drug interactions; side effects; treatment adherence; and more.Includes detailed coverage of antidepressants, antipsychotics, and antianxiety medications, as well as advances in caring for patients with treatment-resistant depression and new legal considerations when prescribing psychotropics.Covers recent progress on the use of neurotherapeutic interventions, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, vagal nerve stimulation, and deep brain stimulation.Contains a new chapter on the pharmacotherapy of movement disorders (derived from Stern et al.’s MGH Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, 8th Edition).Features a user-friendly, highly templated format with abundant boxed summaries, bulleted points, case histories, algorithms, updated references, and suggested readings.Offers updated DSM-5-TR criteria alongside peerless, hands-on advice from members of the esteemed MGH Department of Psychiatry.An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.

The Handbook of Practical Psychopharmacology is a must-have companion for the busy practitioner. It features easily accessible information on indications, contraindications, dosing, drug interactions, clinical monitoring, and adverse effects for more than 150 medications, including antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, nutraceuticals/phytoceuticals, and more. This volume provides guidance on prescribing for older adults, children and adolescents, and pregnant and nursing patients, among other special situations.

Readers will also benefit from clinical pearls drawn from the latest literature in the field as well as the real-world practice of the expert contributors. With high-yield, evidence-based, and conveniently organized information, this handbook is as useful as a teaching tool and study guide as it is as an on-the-spot resource in outpatient, inpatient, and emergency settings.