Prescribing Together: A Relational Guide to Psychopharmacology

Author:   Warren A. Kinghorn, MD ThD (Durham VA Medical Center ) ,  Abraham M. Nussbaum (Denver Health)
Publisher:   American Psychiatric Association Publishing
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9781615372881


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   02 June 2021
Format:   Paperback
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What if, rather than acting only as dispensers of medication, mental health clinicians and primary care clinicians treating mental disorders were also collaborators with patients in the prescribing relationship? It's a simple but profound shift in how to think about approaching psychopharmacology, and in Prescribing Together, Warren Kinghorn and Abraham Nussbaum argue that this sort of human-to-human relationship-building is critical to prescribing more effectively and to achieving health equity. While many other books have focused on what to prescribe for given conditions, this volume is more concerned with how to prescribe: how to talk to patients about medications, how to understand the cultural and social factors that affect how both clinicians and patients relate to medication, and how to build trust in the relationship. Each chapter offers a practical introduction to at least one key concept or skill, from cultural formation and structural competency to medication concordance and deprescribing. Profiles, rich in personal anecdotes, of a diverse group of accomplished clinicians serve as an engaging, real-life foundation for evidence-based strategies for building strong alliances in the context of 13 mental disorder categories, including: * Schizophrenia* Bipolar disorder* Major depressive disorder* Generalized anxiety disorder* Neurocognitive disorders* Borderline personality disorder In drawing a contrast between a dispenser and a collaborator model, Prescribing Together encourages clinicians not just to look at their patients, but to look with them at their lived experience, to understand their stories and interpersonal and social contexts-all with the aim of returning agency to patients and empowering them to set meaningful goals and to be active particpants in their own flourishing.

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Author:   Warren A. Kinghorn, MD ThD (Durham VA Medical Center ) ,  Abraham M. Nussbaum (Denver Health)
Publisher:   American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Imprint:   American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781615372881


ISBN 10:   1615372881
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   02 June 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

About the AuthorsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: From Dispensers to CollaboratorsChapter 2. Relationship MattersChapter 3. Prescribing AlliancesChapter 4. Peak Performance: Prescribing in the Context of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderChapter 5. Visions and Voices: Prescribing in the Context of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic DisordersChapter 6. Stabilization Forces: Prescribing in the Context of Bipolar DisorderChapter 7. Frayed Edges: Prescribing in the Context of Depressive and Anxiety DisordersChapter 8. Unwelcome Strangers: Prescribing in the Context of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersChapter 9. Building Peace: Prescribing in the Context of Trauma- and Stressor-Related DisordersChapter 10. When the Body Speaks: Prescribing in the Context of Somatic DistressChapter 11. Befriending the Body: Prescribing in the Context of Eating DisordersChapter 12. Getting Clean: Prescribing in the Context of Substance Use DisordersChapter 13. Knowing and Being Known: Prescribing in the Context of Neurocognitive DisordersChapter 14. Strong Emotions: Prescribing in the Context of Borderline Personality DisorderEpilogue: From Fixing to Attending Appendix: Alliance Measures

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This is an important and useful contribution to the field. As prescribing moves more and more towards an algorithmic approach, this book provides an important reminder that the doctor-patient relationship is every bit as important as the pharmacological treatment. It reminds us that prescribing does not exist in a bubble, and that medication treatment is itself a form of psychotherapy. The book draws heavily on the psychodynamic pharmacology work of David Mintz but also extends his work to other areas. It is written in an easily accessible manner, and I recommend it to all new psychiatric prescribers. -- Zachary Cohen Hommer, MD * Doody *


Author Information

Warren A. Kinghorn, M.D., Th.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center; Esther Colliflower Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral and Moral Theology and Co-Director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School; and Staff Psychiatrist at Durham VA Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Abraham M. Nussbaum, M.D., M.T.S., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Chief Education Officer at Denver Health in Denver, Colorado.

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