The authors of this manual have created a text that is easy to use and that is comprehensive to geriatric psychopharmacology while having broad applications to general adult psychopharmacology i enthusiastically recommend this book to anyone whose clinical practice includes geriatric patients to all adult psychiatrists and psychiatric residents and to others who wish to expand their library . Clinical manual of geriatric psychopharmacology second edition is comprehensive current and serves a critical need for the busy clinician about the author sandra a jacobson md is a research associate professor at the university of arizona college of medicine phoenix and research physician at banner sun health research institute in sun city az. In the 7 years since the first edition of clinical manual of geriatric psychopharmacology was published dozens of new drugs have been released and older medications have been marketed in different formulations in addition research on pharmacokinetics pharmacodynamics and mechanism of action potential interactions and other critical topics has proceeded apace rendering much of the . Clinical manual of geriatric psychopharmacology othmane alami md othmane alami md search for more papers by this author to make matters worse there is a lack of empirical evidence that can guide the clinician because a majority of clinical trials for psychotropic medications are done with young individuals. The clinical manual of geriatric psychopharmacology is a book that should find its way to the shelf of every psychiatrist and perhaps every geriatrician working with older adults extensive in its coverage yet focused on the real world of clinical practice the book will be of value to the specialist in psychopharmacology