Stahl's essential psychopharmacology : neuroscientific basis and practical applications / Stephen M. Stahl ; Meghan M. Grady, editorial assistant ; with illustrations by Nancy Muntner

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stahl, Stephen M., 1951- author.

Contributor:

Grady, Meghan M., editor.

Muntner, Nancy, illustrator.

Series:

Stahl's illustrated series.

Cambridge medicine (Series)

Stahl's illustrated

Cambridge medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Chemotherapy.

Mental illness.

Psychopharmacology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 623 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Long established as the preeminent source in its field, the eagerly anticipated fifth edition of Dr Stahl's essential textbook of psychopharmacology is here! With its use of icons and figures that form Dr Stahl's unique 'visual language', the book is the single most readable source of information on disease and drug mechanisms for all students and mental health professionals seeking to understand and utilize current therapeutics, and to anticipate the future for novel medications. Every aspect of the book has been updated, with the clarity of explanation that only Dr Stahl can bring. The new edition includes over 500 new or refreshed figures, an intuitive color scheme, fourteen new uses for older drugs and eighteen brand new drugs, coverage of Parkinson's Disease Psychosis, behavioural symptoms of dementia, and mixed features in major depressive episodes, and expanded information on the medical uses of cannabis and hallucinogen assisted psychotherapy.

Contents:

1 Chemical Neurotransmission

2 Transporters, Receptors, and Enzymes as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action

3 Ion Channels as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action

4 Psychosis, Schizophrenia, and the Neurotransmitter Networks Dopamine, Serotonin, and Glutamate

5 Targeting Dopamine and Serotonin Receptors for Psychosis, Mood, and Beyond: So-Called "Antipsychotics"

6 Mood Disorders and the Neurotransmitter Networks Norepinephrine and γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)

7 Treatments for Mood Disorders: So-Called "Antidepressants" and "Mood Stabilizers"

8 Anxiety, Trauma, and Treatment

9 Chronic Pain and Its Treatment

10 Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness and Their Treatment: Neurotransmitter Networks for Histamine and Orexin

11 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Its Treatment

12 Dementia: Causes, Symptomatic Treatments, and the Neurotransmitter Network Acetylcholine

13 Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction

Suggested Reading and Selected References.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on October 20, 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108985857

1108985858

9781108981217

1108981216

9781108975292

1108975291