Bookeditors, Theodore A. Stern, Maurizio Fava, Timothy E. Wilens, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum.
Summary: Put today's best approaches to work for your patients with this practical guide to cutting-edge psychopharmacologic and somatic treatments for psychiatric and neurologic conditions. Edited by Drs. Theodore A. Stern, Maurizio Fava, Timothy E. Wilens, and Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, and comprised of key chapters from the second edition of Stern et al.'s Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, this user-friendly resource focuses on current psychotropic treatments, electroconvulsive therapy, and neurotherapeutics, making it an ideal quick reference for psychiatrists, psycholog.
Contents:
Psychiatric neuroscience: incorporating pathophysiology into clinical case formulation
Treatment adherence
Antidepressants
Pharmacological approaches to treatment-resistant depression
Bipolar disorder
The pharmacotherapy of anxiety disorders
Antipsychotic drugs
Lithium and its role in psychiatry
The use of antiepileptic drugs in psychiatry
Stimulants and other medications for ADHD
Drug-drug interactions in psychopharmacology
Side effects of psychotropic medications
Natural medications in psychiatry
Dementia
Alcohol-related disorders
Drug addiction --pathophysiology, psychiatric co-morbidity, and treatment of pain
Neurotherapeutics
Electroconvulsive therapy.