LibGuides: MNP643 v1: Week 1 Resources

Week 1 Required Resources

Textbooks

Boland, R., & Verduin, M. L., & Ruiz, P. (2022). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry, (12th ed.), Wolters Kluwer (ISBN: 1975145569)

pp. 591-608 (Part of Chapter 21)
This textbook is available in the library.

Stahl, S. M. (2021). Stahl’s essential psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific basis and practical applications (5th ed.). Cambridge University Press. (ISBN: 978-1108971638)

Chapters 1-3

Your Stahl course textbooks can be accessed via the DART eBook link in the Getting Started module.

Websites

Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
This is your practice guidelines website.
APA Style
Use this website to format your references in APA style.
Purdue Owl
This website provides information on writing references and citations in APA style.

Videos

2-Minute Neuroscience: Synaptic Transmission

What is Synaptic Transmission?

2-Minute Neuroscience: Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs)

Optional Career-Based & Signature Assignment Resources

eBooks

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5-TR
American Psychiatric Association (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed. text revised). American Psychiatric Association Publishing.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association (2021). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 3rd Ed. (2022). Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice. Silver Springs, MD: American Nurses Association.
Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide
Buppert, C. (2021). Nurse practitioner’s business practice and legal guide (Seventh edition.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Green’s Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology
Bowers, R., Weston, C., Mast, R. C., Nelson, S. C., & Jackson, J. (2019). Green’s child and adolescent clinical psychopharmacology (6th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
The Pocket Guide to the DSM-5® Diagnostic Exam
Nussbaum, A. M. (2013). The Pocket Guide to the DSM-5® Diagnostic Exam. American Psychiatric Publishing.
Condensed Psychopharmacology 2020: A Pocket Reference for Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychotropic Medications: Past, Present & Future
Rappa, L. (2020). Condensed psychopharmacology 2020: A pocket reference for psychiatry, neurology and psychotropic medications: Past, present & future. RXPsych LLC. ISBN-13—978-0982535097
Fundamentals of Geriatric Psychiatry
Tampi, R. R. & Williamson, D., (editors), (2013). Fundamentals of geriatric psychiatry. Nova
Science Publishing, New York. ISBN 978-1-626 18-613-2
The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Geriatric Psychiatry
Steffens, D. C., & Zdanys, K. (2023). The American Psychiatric Association Publishing textbook of geriatric psychiatry (6th ed.). American Psychiatric Association Publishing.

Articles

Off-label Prescribing to Children in the United States Outpatient Setting
Bazzano, A. T. F., Mangione-Smith, R., Schonlau, M., Suttorp, M. J., & Brook, R. H. (2009). Off-label prescribing to children in the United States outpatient setting. Academic Pediatrics, 9(2), 81–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2008.11.010
Improving Nurse Practitioner Practice Through Rational Prescribing
Crigger, N., & Holcomb, L. (2008). Improving nurse practitioner practice through rational prescribing. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 4(2), 120–125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2007.12.004
Off-Label Prescribing
Mayhew, M. (2009). Off-Label Prescribing. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 5(2), 122–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2008.11.009