David M. Taylor, BSc, MSc, PhD, FFRPS, FRPharmS, FRCPsych (Hon) is Director of Pharmacy and Pathology at the Maudsley Hospital and Professor of Psychopharmacology at King's College, London.
Thomas R. E. Barnes, MBBS, MD, FRCPsych, DSc, is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Imperial College London and joint-head of the Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health at the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Centre for Quality Improvement.
Allan H. Young, MB, ChB, MPhil, PhD, FRCPC, FRCPsych, is Chair of Mood Disorders and is Director of the Centre for Affective Disorders in the Department of Psychological Medicine in the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, UK.

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xii
Notes on using The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry xiii
List of abbreviations xv
Part 1 Drug treatment of major psychiatric conditions 1
Chapter 1 Schizophrenia and related psychoses 3
ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS 3
ANTIPSYCHOTIC ADVERSE EFFECTS 109
REFRACTORY SCHIZOPHRENIA AND CLOZAPINE 190
CLOZAPINE ADVERSE EFFECTS 212
Chapter 2 Bipolar disorder 247
Chapter 3 Depression and anxiety disorders 305
Chapter 4 Addictions and substance misuse 451
Part 2 Drug treatment of special patient groups 537
Chapter 5 Children and adolescents 539
Chapter 6 Prescribing in older people 601
Chapter 7 Pregnancy and breastfeeding 679
Chapter 8 Hepatic and renal impairment 723
Part 3 Prescribing in specialist conditions 755
Chapter 9 Drug treatment of other psychiatric conditions 757
Chapter 10 Drug treatment of psychiatric symptoms occurring in the context of other disorders 777
Part 4 Other aspects of psychotropic drug use 831
Chapter 11 Pharmacokinetics 833
Chapter 12 Other substances 865
Chapter 13 Psychotropic drugs in special conditions 875
Chapter 14 Miscellany 897
Index 943