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        Humanities & Social Sciences

        Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs

        by Ric M. Procyshyn / Kalyna Z. Bezchlibnyk-Butler / J. Joel Jeffries (Eds.)

        The “Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs” has become a standard reference and working tool for psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other mental health professionals.• Independent, unbiased, up-to-date• Packed with unique, easy-to-read comparison charts andtables (dosages, side effects, pharmacokinetics, interactions…)for a quick overview of treatment options• Succinct, bulleted information on all classes of medication:on- and off-label indications, (US FDA, Health Canada),recommended dosages, US and Canadian trade names, sideeffects, interactions, pharmacodynamics, precautions inthe young, the elderly, and pregnancy, nursing implications,and much more – all you need to know for each class of drug• Potential interactions and side effects summarized incomparison charts• With instantly recognizable icons and in full color throughout,allowing you to find at a glance all the information you seek• Clearly written patient information sheets available fordownload as printable PDF files This book is a must for everyone who needs an up-to-date, easyto- use, comprehensive summary of all the most relevant information about psychotropic drugs. Tables, graphs, and overviews make this handbook a practical tool for professionals. For:• psychiatrists und psychologists• physicians and pharmacists• nurses, and other mental health

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        2021

        Psychotropic Drugs in General Practice

        How to recognise, understand and treat patients successfully

        by PD Dr. Daniel Schüpbach and Dr. Otto Dietmaier

        The purpose of this book is to support general practitioners in finding the optimum, guideline-compliant therapy for their patients. The focus is on the clinical pictures of depression, psychosis as well as anxiety and sleep disorders and the handling of psychiatric emergencies. The reader will learn everything about the epidemiology, aetiology, diagnosis and medical treatment of these diseases, about switching therapy and about treatment in pregnancy and lactation. All the available psychotropic drugs and their pharmacological properties are described in detail – including key specific features of active substances and drug safety aspects. The table of substances in the appendix provides a clear summary of the information and simplifies the choice of the appropriate drug. The extras: - 13 factsheets with concise, summarised information to cope with tricky situations in the practice - The authors take the current treatment guidelines from Germany, Austria and Switzerland into account and name examples of proprietary medicinal products in the three countries.

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        2021

        Psychopharmacology and Psychopharmacotherapy.A Concise Guide

        Training curriculum for medical specialists in psychiatry and psychotherapy

        by Edited by Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Psych. Gerd Laux and Prof. Dr. Walter E. Müller

        Psychotropic drugs have established their place in mental illnesses and form an important element of treatment. This textbook guides the selection of pharmacotherapy for a variety of psychological disorders such as depression, schizophrenia or dementia. The reader will learn, - How to use the various drugs in a targeted manner - The mechanisms of action on which they are based - Why side effects occur and how they can be dealt with. This book corresponds to the curriculum for the training of medical specialists in psychiatry and psychotherapy. It is an indispensable aid to anyone who uses psychotropic drugs!

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        2020

        Nutritional Practice Infants, Children, Adolescents

        Concise advisory knowledge

        by Dr. Ute Alexy, Dr. Annett Hilbig and Frauke Lang. Edited by Prof. Dr. Martin Smollich

        Anyone giving responsible advice about questions on nutrition must have sound expert knowledge. This must not only be scientifically reliable, but must at the same time be relevant and practicable in the individual context. The concept behind the book series Nutritional Practice is to provide the necessary translation of current research results and guidelines into recommendations suitable for everyday use. In accordance with this consistent, practical approach, the focus is on the individual person in his or her particular stage in their life. The present volume is based on the various stages in life between infancy and adolescence. It therefore covers all questions about nutrition in health and disease from the first day of life to young adulthood

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        Botany & plant sciences
        December 1997

        Plant Clinic Handbook

        by Jim M Waller, B J Ritchie, Mark Holderness

        Since its creation in 1920, The International Mycological Institute has been concerned with the identification of plant-pathogenic fungi and bacteria. Part of its role has been the development of plant clinics, which have an important role in providing access for farmers and extension workers to specialist scientific services for the diagnosis of plant disease problems and advice on control measures. Clinics can also be bases from which surveys of crop problems are made and data on the needs of farmers are assimilated, in order to identify research priorities. This practical handbook provides information on all aspects of the technical procedures, material requirements and organisation for the effective operation of a plant clinic. It describes the diagnostic process, from field observation and collection through to methods of culture, microscopy, keeping records and reference material, general laboratory practice and equipment maintainance. The procedures described have been used successfully at IMI for many years, and through a series of training programmes, have been transferred to laboratories in many other countries. Essential reading for those involved in setting up and running plant clinics and plant quarantine facilities, this handbook will also be of interest to all practitioners and advanced students of plant pathology, particularly those concerned with diagnostics, and to crop protection specialists working in an advisory capacity.

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        October 2024

        A Handbook for the Sheep Clinician

        by Agnes Winter, Dai Grove-White, Jennifer Duncan, Joseph Angell, Niall Connolly, Peers Davies, Emma Fishbourne, John Graham-Brown, Jo Oultram, Robert Smith, Helen Williams, Agnes Winter, Dai Grove-White

        An established favourite with veterinary and agricultural students and a valuable addition to the library of any veterinarian or sheep farmer, this handbook covers the basics of sheep medicine and production. Geared at being an easily accessed reference, it clearly conveys fundamental information on the care and treatment of sheep worldwide. This fully updated and revised eighth edition: - continues to cover all important aspects of sheep production and health, including reproduction, vaccination, pregnancy and newborns, lameness, internal and external parasites and flock health promotion; - reviews general developments and advancements in sheep veterinary medicine, as well as disease prevalence by geographical spread and in relation to changing climate; - considers topics of increasing importance such as vaccine availability and drug resistance. An emphasis on diagnosis and treatment combined with short, easily-digestible chapters and step-by-step diagrams makes this book an essential practical guide to recognizing, treating and preventing disease.

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        Medicine

        Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

        A Treatment Manual for Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Specific Phobias, and Separation Anxiety

        by Sigrun Schmidt-Traub

        This title provides a semi-structured guide for an evidence-based cognitive-behavioral treatment of children and adolescents between the ages of 9 and 17 who suffer from panic disorder, agoraphobia, specific phobias, or separation anxiety.   It describes each step of the therapy in details, pays special attention to fear management, and enables the children to largely cope with the fears by themselves. The treatment modules can be used in the context of short-term therapy in individual or mixed individual and group setting. The manual allows for the therapy to be adjusted to the individual needs of the child or adolescent and some parts can be used also when working with younger children. Parents are trained to be co-therapists, supporting their children during the confrontational exercises but also insuring that parents do no unknowingly enable their child to maintain the anxiety disorder. All necessary worksheets can be found on the accompanying CD-ROM.   Target Group: child and adolescent psychotherapists and psychiatrists, students and teachers of psychology, pediatricians, psychotherapists, specialists for psychosomatic medicine, school psychologists

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        2024

        Intoxicating Drugs

        Known and new psychoactive substances

        by Prof. Dr. Niels Eckstein

        Intoxicating? Intoxicating drugs are as old as mankind itself. Whether herbal or produced synthetically in a laboratory, their variety is almost limitless. And every year, more substances are added to the list. Niels Eckstein, who is a Professor of Drug Regulatory Affairs and Pharmacology and a long-standing expert in the narcotics scene, explores the abysses of the darknet and dealer hell, provides insider information, conducts interviews with dealers and producers, and offers profound insights into the bizarre, parallel world of intoxicating substances. At the same time, the author takes a thorough look at the chemistry of the different substance classes and the neurobiological basis of addiction. He also covers production and assesses the danger and addiction potential of designer drugs, BTM, NPS, medicinal drugs and doping substances. This book outlines the political and sociopolitical dimensions of the use of psychoactive substances, classifies them legally, describes risks, approaches, and help strategies, highlights routes out of drug problems and alternatives to drug prohibition, and comments on the opioid crisis in the United States and the „war on drugs.“ “I don‘t care how it‘s regulated: if he wants it and can pay for it, he gets it. If I get caught, I‘ll go to jail for a few years, whether it‘s for a kilo of coke, meph or testo, it doesn‘t matter.“ – In an interview with a dealer

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        December 2023

        Key Questions in Clinical Farm Animal Medicine, Volume 3

        Therapy, Prevention and Control of Disease

        by Tanmoy Rana, Manoj Kumar Ahirwar, D Sai Bhavani, P Rama Devi, G.S. Harita, Babu Lal Jangir, K. Sindhu, Deepika Lather, Alok Mishra, Vikas Nehra, P. Ramesh, Abhishek Pathak, G. S. Haritha, R. S. Sethi, Dr Nasrul I. Shaikh, Brejesh Singh, Amita Tiwari, Shivangi Udainiya

        Providing well over 1,500 questions to test your knowledge of clinical farm animal medicine, the book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time in any place. Each chapter starts with a brief introduction to the topic before providing relevant multiple-choice questions. Covering clinical veterinary medicine for common livestock species, this book includes questions about: - diseases of the haemolymphatic and immune system; - metabolic, genetic, neonatal and deficiency diseases; - poisoning. Including a full chapter covering emergency and critical care, this self-test resource for students provides a convenient and useful current source of information to anyone interested in learning, revising and assessing their knowledge.

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        Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure
        December 2024

        The Handbook of Ornamental Fish Health and Welfare

        by Nick Saint-Erne, Nick Saint-Erne

        This book forms a complete resource covering ornamental fish health and welfare from a recognized expert on the topic. Beginning with an overview of the tropical fish industry and aquarium keeping, it covers all the key elements of care, including water-quality testing and maintenance, filtration systems, nutrition, husbandry, handling and transportation of fish, disease diagnosis, treatments and medications, and disease prevention. It also reviews areas of wider interest, such as biosecurity and zoonoses. The book can be read through to gain a complete overview of the care and welfare of ornamental aquarium and pond fish, or it can be used to easily look up specific information about a topic of interest. With numerous illustrations and photographs, plus references allowing readers to study areas of interest in more detail, this book makes an invaluable teaching and reference handbook. It is a vital source of information for veterinarians, scientists using fish in their labs, students, ornamental fish breeders, retail pet store workers, and aquarium keepers looking for trusted advice about how to properly care for their ornamental freshwater fish.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences

        Helping Children and Adolescents with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

        by Sigrun Schmidt-Traub

        Obsessive-compulsive disorders usually cause a high degree of suffering and can significantly impair the quality of life of the affected child or adolescent. The new edition of this guidebook describes the manifestations of obsessive thoughts and compulsive acts as well as the causative, triggering and perpetuating conditions, considering current findings in obsessive-compulsive research. Part I of the guide is aimed at adult readers and Part II at affected children and adolescents, who receive the most important information on obsessive-compulsive disorders in easy-to-understand language. The case studies make it comprehensible how an individual disorder model can be developed, how goals for coping with the compulsions can be derived from it, and finally how the treatment of the obsessive-compulsive disorder can be planned and carried out. The children and adolescents as well as their parents and educators receive concrete advice on how to help themselves and how to cope with compulsions. For:• affected children and adolescents• parents• teachers• therapists• relatives

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        December 2023

        Key Questions in Clinical Farm Animal Medicine, Volume 2

        Types, Causes and Treatments of Infectious Disease

        by Tanmoy Rana, A Ashwini, B. K. Bhagya, Sabita Behera, Dipanwita Bhattacharya, Banothu Dasmabai, Nourhan Eissa, Lesley Farms, G.K. Chetan Kumar, Lunavat Gopala, Ola H. Harb, Abbas Rabiu Ishaq, Dayanidhi Jena, Anil Kumar, Ankesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Archana Mahapatra, Ram Niwas, Sunil Punia, R. Nethra, Pratistha Shrivastava

        Providing well over 1,500 questions to test your knowledge of clinical farm animal medicine, the book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time in any place. Each chapter starts with a brief introduction to the topic before providing relevant multiple-choice questions. Covering clinical veterinary medicine for common livestock species, this book includes questions about: - diseases of the reproductive, integumentary and urinary systems; - anaesthesia and pain management; - perinatal and geriatric diseases. With full chapters also covering diseases of the eye and ear, this self-test resource for students provides a convenient and useful current source of information to anyone interested in learning, revising and assessing their knowledge.

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        Medicine
        July 2024

        On trial

        Testing new drugs in psychiatry, 1940–1980

        by Marietta Meier, Magaly Tornay, Mario König

        The heroic story of the invention of antidepressants is a key part of the psychopharmaceutical turn. On Trial revolves around one of its pioneers, psychiatrist Roland Kuhn, who practiced in Münsterlingen, a state-run psychiatric hospital in Switzerland. Kuhn became famous for the 'discovery' of the first antidepressant, Tofranil, and more recently notorious for his numerous trials on often unsuspecting patients. Largely based on the extensive and previously inaccessible sources of Kuhn's private archive, the book delves into the early days of industry-sponsored clinical research in psychiatry. It examines how the clinic, patients, doctors, nursing staff, corporations, and authorities interacted in the trials. Conducted from the 1940s to 1980s, the Münsterlingen drug trials are historicised and situated in the period's evolving landscape of experimentation.

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        Medicine
        May 2018

        Veterinary Clinical Skills Manual

        by Nichola Coombes, Ayona Silva-Fletcher

        Down-to-earth and intensely practical, this book and video package provides step-by-step guidance on the essential clinical skills required by veterinary students before they face clinical situations encountered in the real world of the busy veterinary professional. - Contains step by step illustrations and photographs, complemented by videos of clinical procedures which can be viewed on your desktop, smartphone or tablet. - Covers the essential key skills that veterinary students need to know. - Details a whole range of techniques, from surgical, anaesthesia and laboratory through to everyday essential and diagnostic skills, in both farm and companion animals. - Describes in-depth the use of simulators in learning key skills. - Provides advice on preparing for OSCEs and practical exams. This book is the go-to manual for an essential grounding in key veterinary clinical skills for all students and educators of veterinary medicine and animal husbandry.

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        Psychology

        Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents

        by Brian P. Daly, Aimee K. Hildenbrand, Shannon G. Litke, Ronald T. Brown

        State-of-the-art guidance on the effective assessment andtreatment of children and adolescents with ADHD• New updated edition• Provides guidance on multimodal care and diversity issues• Includes downloadable handoutsThe updated new edition of this popular text integrates thelatest research and practices to give practitioners conciseand readable guidance on the assessment and effectivetreatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This common childhoodcondition can have serious consequences for academic,emotional, social, and occupational functioning. When properlyidentified and diagnosed, however, there are many interventionsthat have established benefits.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        November 2018

        Handbook of Diseases of Banana, Abacá and Enset

        by David R Jones

        This book provides a comprehensive guide to the large number of diseases, disorders and injuries that can cause severe economic losses to banana, abacá and enset crops, and the fungi, bacteria, phytoplasmas, viruses, nematodes and abiotic factors involved. The monoculture of certain banana cultivars in large plantations make the crop particularly susceptible to catastrophic losses from disease and smallholders can also experience major problems. New approaches to breeding, crop management and handling are being developed to meet challenges posed by emerging threats. Handbook of Diseases of Banana, Abacá and Enset both describes and illustrates diseases and is printed in full colour throughout, creating a valuable diagnostic tool. It covers: - The origin and classification of banana, the safe movement of Musa germplasm and banana breeding for disease resistance. - Recent areas of growing research on the most important diseases of banana, such as black leaf streak, Fusarium wilt, Xanthomonas bacterial wilt and bunchy top. - Significant advances relating to pathogens causing less serious and widespread diseases. Authored by an international team of experts, this is an essential reference for all 'banana doctors' around the world. It serves as a useful field and laboratory guide, as well as a source of information for all those investigating diseases of banana, abacá and enset crops.

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        Tourism industry
        December 2014

        Handbook of Scales in Tourism and Hospitality Research

        by Dogan Gursoy, Muzaffer Uysal, Ercan Sirakaya-Turk, Yuksel Ekinci, Seyhmus Baloglu

        As the field of tourism and hospitality experiences maturity and scientific sophistication, researchers need to fully understand the breadth and depth of existing scales that help explain, understand, monitor, and predict not only behaviour but also consequences of such behaviour as a function of demand and supply interactions in the field. By introducing the importance of measurement and scales and providing groupings of existing scales The Handbook of Scales in Tourism and Hospitality Research serves as the state of the art reference book in the field of tourism, hospitality and allied fields such leisure, recreation, and services management.

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        December 2019

        The Professional Handbook of Cider Tasting

        by Travis Alexander, Brianna Ewing

        In recent years, with the rise of the craft beverage movement, the cider industry has been through a period of rapid commercial and non-commercial growth. Tasting and quality control is a core aspect of successful cider making and it is essential for industry and researchers to characterize cider using a standard, quantifiable metric. This book is a research-based text for understanding both the theory and practice of effectively evaluating the sensory properties of cider. The Cider Tasting Professional Handbook includes content on the physiological basis of sensory evaluation, effective profiling of sensory evaluation, types and styles of cider, origins of cider quality attributes and direction for pairing cider with foods. The book also: - Covers a broad range of cider tasting techniques with associated technical explanations. - Provides data and research-driven information. - Contains sample sensory evaluation sheets, a tasting wheel, and guidance for creating fresh cider sensory standards and the utilization of various apple cultivars. Including a summary of the current global cider styles, this is an invaluable resource for commercial cidermakers, non-commercial cidermakers, students on cider production courses, researchers and other industry and stakeholder personnel.

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