New Book: The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines

The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines

by Mark Horowitz and David M. Taylor. "...with the express purpose of limiting the damage that we have seen far too many people experiencing - whilst the medical profession has been slow to recognize what has been happening to real life patients."

Deprescribing

Most formal guidance on psychiatric medication relates to starting or switching medications with minimal guidance on deprescribing medication. In 2023, the World Health Organization and the United Nations called for patients, as a human right, to be informed of their right to discontinue treatment and to receive support to do so. The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines fills a significant gap in guidance for clinicians by providing comprehensive and authoritative information on this important aspect of treatment.

Editorial Reviews

"This book provides a unique and detailed guide to deprescribing psychiatric medication. It is a welcome companion volume to the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry which have been essential and highly valued reading for psychiatrists for the past 30 years." — Professor Wendy Burn, Past President Royal College of Psychiatrists

"Since we began using psychiatric medications 60 years ago, the focus has been on prescribing - with almost no attention to withdrawal symptoms & how often they're confused with relapse. Any clinician can prescribe drugs; it takes art, science, and people skills to deprescribe them." — Professor Allen Frances, Professor Emeritus of psychiatry at Duke University

To Purchase

592 pages, published in paperback February 2024 by Wiley-Blackwell. To order from Amazon.com: click HERE