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PHYSICIAN-READERS, PLEASE NOTE
Kaufman’s Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists discusses 
medications, testing, procedures, and other aspects of 
medical care. Despite their purported effectiveness, many 
are fraught with side effects and other adverse outcomes. 
Discussions in this book neither recommend nor offer 
medical advice, and they do not apply to individual 
patients. The physician, who should consult the package 
insert and the medical literature, remains responsible for 
medications’ indications, dosage, contraindications, pre-
cautions, side effects, adverse reactions, and alternatives, 
including doing nothing. Some aspects of medical care 
that this book discusses are widely and successfully used 
for particular purposes not approved by the Food and 
Drug Administration (FDA). Regarding these “off-label” 
treatments, as well as conventional ones, this book is 
reporting – not endorsing – their use by neurologists or 
other physicians. Finally, because medical practices 
rapidly evolve, readers should expect that sooner or later 
new diagnostic criteria and treatments will replace those 
discussed in this edition.
	PHYSICIAN-READERS, PLEASE NOTE