Pocket Guide to Emergent and Serious Adverse Events in Psychopharmacology

Richard Balon, Mary Morreale
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
218 pages
ISBN: 9781615374533
May 2023

When prescribed appropriately, most psychotropic medications are fairly safe. Occasional serious and even life-threatening effects may arise that require immediate intervention. This guide focuses on the latter. It provides a summary of the extant knowledge of effects that include acute dystonia, cardiac emergencies, discontinuation and withdrawal, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and overdose.