Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines

The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines (also known by the abbreviation MPG) is a referenced prescribing guideline for psychotropic drugs.

History of publication
Originally the MPG was produced for local readership in Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospital in London. The 5th edition was the first to be published commercially in 1999 by Martin Dunitz. The 6th (2001) and 7th (2003) were also published by Martin Dunitz. In 2004, Martin Dunitz were subsumed into Taylor and Francis Group and the 8th edition was published under this imprint in 2005. Taylor and Francis then became part of Informa Healthcare who published 9th edition in 2007 and 10th edition in 2009. The MPG is revised every two years or so and the current (11th edition) was published in 2011 by Wiley Blackwell. The 12th edition is scheduled to appear in the Autumn 2014. It is edited and written by Professor David Taylor (Maudsley Hospital, UK), Carol Paton (Oxleas Mental Health Trust, UK) and Professor Shitij Kapur (Institute of Psychiatry, UK). Numerous translations have been published. Its guidance is based on primary research, NICE guidance and Cochrane reviews.