Stephen M. Stahl

Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The single most readily readable source of information on psychopharmacology, covering disease and drug mechanisms in one highly illustrated volume.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 626
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1547g
• ISBN-13: 9781107025981
• ISBN-10: 1107025982
• Artikelnr.: 38029917

Autorenporträt

Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, USA and Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, UK. He has conducted various research projects awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Veterans Administration and the pharmaceutical industry. Author of more than 350 articles and chapters, Dr Stahl is the author of the bestsellers Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology and The Prescriber's Guide.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the fourth edition
CME information
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 and schizophrenia
5. Antipsychotic agents
6. Mood disorders
7. Antidepressants
8. Mood stabilizers
9. Anxiety disorders and anxiolytics
10. Chronic pain and its treatment
11. Disorders of sleep and wakefulness and their treatment
12. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and its treatment
13. Dementia and its treatment
14. Impulsivity, compulsivity and addiction
Suggested reading and selected references
Index.