Essential New Guide Explains Psychiatric Medication to All

Medicines for Mental Health: The Ultimate Guide to Psychiatric Medication by Kevin Thompson is a layman's guide to mental health treatments

Sunnyvale, Calif. (PRWEB) February 22, 2008 -- Medicines for Mental Health: The Ultimate Guide to Psychiatric Medication by Kevin Thompson, Ph.D. explores and explains mental illness and the medications that can help or harm.

Medicines for Mental Health: The Ultimate Guide to Psychiatric Medication by Kevin Thompson, Ph.D. is the first book of its kind to provide detailed, readable information about medical treatments for depression, schizophrenia, sexual dysfunction and other mental-health problems. Dr. Thompson began researching effective mental health treatments after his own bout with depression. When he began to post his findings on the internet, the overwhelming response prompted him to expand the information into this incisive book.

Written for both a general audience and medical professionals, Medicines for Mental Health explores the brain's chemical messengers, how medicines can help, and what happens when good medicines create bad side effects like mania, anxiety and more. Dr. Thompson also discusses the havoc hormones can wreak, the standard treatments from therapy to shock to medication, and gives the benefits and drawbacks of a whole host of drugs. Packed with information, Medicines for Mental Health is just what the doctor ordered.

"Belongs on the shelf of every home, as well as every health care practitioner. A must-have resource for today's mental health."--Dr. Daniel Hoffman, Neuropsychiatrist.

"A first stop in understanding treatment with psychotropic medication."--PsyWorld.com review by Mike Briley

For more information or to request a free review copy, members of the press can contact the author at meds @ mentalmeds.org. Medicines for Mental Health is available for sale online at Amazon.com, BookSurge.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author
Kevin Thompson received his doctorate in physics from Princeton University. He has worked for NASA and high-tech companies, and has written about computer languages, astrophysics and more. This is his first book about medical science.

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