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A concise textbook of psychopharmacology for trainee psychiatrists.

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Author:   Padraig Wright
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   W B Saunders Co Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9780702028120

ISBN 10:   0702028126
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   17 July 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Part I: BASIC PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY: Introduction to basic psychopharmacology. A history of psychopharmacology. Neurotransmitters and neuroreceptors. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of psychotropic drugs. Invention and development of psychotropic drugs. Part II: CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY: Introduction to clinical psychopharmacology. Psychotropic drugs prescribed for children. Antipsychotic drugs. Antidepressant drugs. Antimanic and mood stabilising drugs. Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs. Antiepileptic drugs. Sexual disorders. Alcohol, drug and nicotine misuse. Parkinsonism and related disorders. Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Electroconvulsive therapy, phototherapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

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As a general adult psychiatrist I have found myself anxious to keep up-to-date with advances in psychopharmacology. However, I find it hard to keep clear in my mind the basics of drugs and their actions. My excuse (to myself, at least) is that these fundamentals are crowded out by the huge amount of clinical clutter involved in day-to-day psychiatric practice... Well, this little book is not a complete answer to my problems, but it does go a long way towards bringing the logic of pharmacology closer to the messy process of routine clinical activity.The book's trick - if that is the word - is to outline in each section the basic mechanisms underlying therapeutic and undesired effects, and to support these accounts with basic evidence (with references) in a concise and readable way. In addition, to reassure the anxious clinician, it presents the most important National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines clearly in boxes. The section on clinical pharmacology contains a punchy summary of practical advice for prescribers - advice which, regrettably, I still see ignored every day. Refreshingly, it highlights the information that every patient should receive about their medication.I find it hard to imagine a more useful vade mecum for the hard-pressed general psychiatrist - it should also prove a life-saver for the trainees, general practitioners and psychiatric nurses who are its intended audience (and, maybe, some of their patients)...This is one for the briefcase, not the bookshelf. The British Journal of Psychiatry (2008) 192: 156-157.

As a general adult psychiatrist I have found myself anxious to keep up-to-date with advances in psychopharmacology. However, I find it hard to keep clear in my mind the basics of drugs and their actions. My excuse (to myself, at least) is that these fundamentals are crowded out by the huge amount of clinical clutter involved in day-to-day psychiatric practice... Well, this little book is not a complete answer to my problems, but it does go a long way towards bringing the logic of pharmacology closer to the messy process of routine clinical activity. <br>The book's trick - if that is the word - is to outline in each section the basic mechanisms underlying therapeutic and undesired effects, and to support these accounts with basic evidence (with references) in a concise and readable way. In addition, to reassure the anxious clinician, it presents the most important National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines clearly in boxes. The section on clinical pharmacology contains a punchy summary of practical advice for prescribers - advice which, regrettably, I still see ignored every day. Refreshingly, it highlights the information that every patient should receive about their medication. The British Journal of Psychiatry (2008) 192: 156-157.

As a general adult psychiatrist I have found myself anxious to keep up-to-date with advances in psychopharmacology. However, I find it hard to keep clear in my mind the basics of drugs and their actions. My excuse (to myself, at least) is that these fundamentals are crowded out by the huge amount of clinical clutter involved in day-to-day psychiatric practice... Well, this little book is not a complete answer to my problems, but it does go a long way towards bringing the logic of pharmacology closer to the messy process of routine clinical activity. <p/>The book's trick - if that is the word - is to outline in each section the basic mechanisms underlying therapeutic and undesired effects, and to support these accounts with basic evidence (with references) in a concise and readable way. In addition, to reassure the anxious clinician, it presents the most important National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines clearly in boxes. The section on clinical pharmacology contains a punchy summary of practical advice for prescribers - advice which, regrettably, I still see ignored every day. Refreshingly, it highlights the information that every patient should receive about their medication. <p/>I find it hard to imagine a more useful vade mecum for the hard-pressed general psychiatrist - it should also prove a life-saver for the trainees, general practitioners and psychiatric nurses who are its intended audience (and, maybe, some of their patients)...This is one for the briefcase, not the bookshelf. <p/>The British Journal of Psychiatry (2008) 192: 156-157.

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