Biological Treatments in Psychiatry

2. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-19-262652-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 851 g

The easing of mental suffering by treatments which directly affect the substance of the brain has a long history and an established place in psychiatric practice.

This new edition of a highly successful book reviewing the current status of these treatment methods has been updated to include discussion of new groups of compounds and also new families of drugs which have come into greater prominence, such as newer antidepressants, The book is concerned particularly with clinical practice and discusses in detail the management of individual conditions and the use of psychotropic drugs. The rational and effective use of these techniques needs an understanding of the scientific background, and chapters are devoted to basic pharmacology, the evaluation of treatment methods, the development of new techniques, the psychosocial and politico-ethical aspects of treatment, and the special problems encountered in treating children and the elderly. The economic aspects of prescribing are also outlined.

The book will be of interest to psychiatrists, especially those reading for postgraduate qualifications, to those dealing with the mentally ill, and to neruopharmacologists who wish to understand current treatment methods in clincial psychiatry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lader, Malcolm

Herrington, Reginald

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Neuropharmakologie, Psychopharmakologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- 1: Principles of treatment

- 2: Neuropharmacology

- 3: Behavioural studies in animals and humans

- 4: Biological aspects of psychiatry

- 5: The evaluation of treatment

- 6: Social and economic aspects of prescribing

- 7: Pharmokinetics

- 8: Depression and antidepressants

- 9: Manic-depressive illness and lithium

- 10: Psychoses and antipsychotic medication

- 11: Anxiety and antianxiety medication

- 12: Sleep disorders and hypnotic drugs

- 13: Drug treatment in children

- 14: Drug treatment in the elderly

- 15: Drugs of abuse

- 16: Miscellaneous disorders and drugs

- 17: Electroconvulsive therapy and brain surgery

- 18: Epilogue: changing perspectives

- Index