Essential Psychopharmacology
Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications
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1996
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-56011-5 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-56011-5 (ISBN)
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Explains and illustrates the neurobiological concepts underlying the drug treatment of psychiatric disorders. For the student it provides an easily readable and highly illustrated introduction to the subject. For the physician or scientist it offers a quick review of psychopharmacology and the drug treatment of mental illness.
Essential Psychopharmacology explains the neurobiological concepts underlying the drug treatment of psychiatric disorders, with particular emphasis on the principles of chemical neurotransmission. For the student learning psychopharmacology for the first time, this book provides an easily readable introduction to the subject. For the physician or scientist with prior background in the field, the book is organised to provide a quick review of the key dimensions of psychopharmacology and the drug treatment of mental illness. The clearly written text is supplemented by a wealth of high-quality colour graphics that are both instructive and entertaining. These illustrations and their captions may be used independently of the main text for a rapid introduction to the field, or for review. Covering both the neurobiology of drug action, and the range of psychiatric disorders and their treatments, this book will indeed be an essential text for students, scientists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals.
Essential Psychopharmacology explains the neurobiological concepts underlying the drug treatment of psychiatric disorders, with particular emphasis on the principles of chemical neurotransmission. For the student learning psychopharmacology for the first time, this book provides an easily readable introduction to the subject. For the physician or scientist with prior background in the field, the book is organised to provide a quick review of the key dimensions of psychopharmacology and the drug treatment of mental illness. The clearly written text is supplemented by a wealth of high-quality colour graphics that are both instructive and entertaining. These illustrations and their captions may be used independently of the main text for a rapid introduction to the field, or for review. Covering both the neurobiology of drug action, and the range of psychiatric disorders and their treatments, this book will indeed be an essential text for students, scientists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals.
Part I. Neuroscientific Basis of Clinical Psychopharmacology: 1. Principles of chemical neurotransmission; 2. Receptors and enzymes as targets of drug action; 3. Special properties of receptors; 4. Chemical neurotransmission as the target of disease actions; Part II. Psychiatric Medications and Psychiatric Disorders: 5. Depression; 6. Antidepressants and mood stabilizers; 7. Anxiolytics and sedative-hypnotics; 8. Drug treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder and phobic disorders; 9. Psychosis and schizophrenia; 10. Conventional neuroleptic drugs for schizophrenia and novel antipsychotic agents; 11. Cognitive enhancers and neuroprotective agents; 12. Drug abuse and drug dependence.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.8.1996 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Essential Psychopharmacology Series |
| Zusatzinfo | 20 Tables, unspecified; 305 Line drawings, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 181 x 256 mm |
| Gewicht | 1006 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-56011-X / 052156011X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-56011-5 / 9780521560115 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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