Stephen M. Stahl M.D. Ph. D., Nancy Muntner9780521641548, 0-521-64154-3
Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology has established itself as the preeminent source of education and information in its field. This much expanded second edition enlists advances in neurobiology, and recent clinical developments, to explain with renewed clarity the concepts underlying drug treatment of psychiatric disorders. New neurotransmitter systems, new theories on schizophrenia, clinical advances in antipsychotic and antidepressant therapy, new coverage of attention deficit disorder, sleep disorders and drug abuse, and a new chapter on gender and sexual psychopharmacology–these are all features of this edition. The fully revised text is complemented by many new illustrations, instructive and entertaining as before, and enhanced to reflect new knowledge and topics covered for the first time. The illustrations and their captions may be used independently of the main text for a rapid introduction to the field or for review, and self-assessment tests follow each chapter. Even more, this will be the essential text for students, scientists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, enabling them to master the complexities of psychopharmacology, and plan sound treatment approaches based on current knowledge. A Teacher’s Set of Essential Psychopharmacology, second edition, consists of the hardback book plus a Mac/PC compatible CD-ROM, which contains all the figures from the text in cleverly crafted PowerPoint® presentations in two versions: the complete sequence of more than 500 animated figures from the textbook, and the same images without animation. |
Table of contents :
Front……Page 1
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION……Page 7
CONTENTS……Page 11
CHAPTER 1 – PRINCIPLES OF CHEMICAL NEUROTRANSMISSION……Page 13
CHAPTER 2 – RECEPTORS AND ENZYMES AS THE TARGETS OF DRUG ACTION……Page 47
CHAPTER 3 – SPECIAL PROPERTIES OF RECEPTORS……Page 89
CHAPTER 4 – CHEMICAL NEUROTRANSMISSION AS THE MEDIATOR OF DISEASE ACTIONS……Page 111
CHAPTER 5 – DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR DISORDERS……Page 147
CHAPTER 6 – CLASSICAL ANTIDEPRESSANTS, SSRI’s, AND NRI’s……Page 211
CHAPTER 7 – NEWER ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND MOOD STABILIZERS……Page 257
CHAPTER 8 – ANXIOLYTICS AND SEDATIVE-HYPNOTICS……Page 309
CHAPTER 9 – DRUG TREATMENTS FOR OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, PANIC DISORDER, AND PHOBIC DISORDERS……Page 347
CHAPTER 10 – PSYCHOSIS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA……Page 377
CHAPTER 11 – ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS……Page 413
CHAPTER 12 – COGNITIVE ENHANCERS……Page 471
CHAPTER 13 – PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY OF REWARD AND DRUGS OF ABUSE……Page 511
CHAPTER 14 – SEX-SPECIFIC AND SEXUAL FUNCTION – RELATED PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY……Page 551
SUGGESTED READING……Page 581
INDEX……Page 587
CME Post Tests and Evaluations……Page 614 |
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