Clinical Laboratory Medicine for Mental Health Professionals

With a focus on the needs of general psychiatrists and their mental health colleagues in clinical practice, Clinical Laboratory Medicine for Mental Health Professionals is a revised, abridged version of the seminal work, Laboratory Medicine in Psychiatry and Behavioral Science.

Updated information on laboratory tests, diseases and conditions, and psychotropic medications is arranged alphabetically and presented in a tabular format, making it easy for busy clinicians to find needed information. This reference includes an appendix featuring therapeutic and toxic psychotropic drug levels, a quick guide to ECG interpretation, and figures to help clarify complex processes underlying laboratory test results, such as abnormal liver function tests in hepatotoxic and cholestatic drug reactions, elevations in conjugated vs. unconjugated bilirubin, and the basis of osmolality and sodium abnormalities in the syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion.

Years of clinical practice and research inform both the choice of tests included and the rationale for their use, making Clinical Laboratory Medicine for Mental Health Professionals a definitive, authoritative reference for psychiatrists and other behavioral health clinicians.