BookEdoardo Spina, Gianluca Trifirò, editors.
Contents:
1. Introduction: History of pharmacovigilance in psychiatry
2. Adverse drug reactions: definition and pathogenesis
3. Methodologies for pharmacovigilance monitoring of psychotropic drugs
4. The role of prescription event monitoring in pharmacovigilance of psychotropic drugs
5. The role of healthcare databases in pharmacovigilance of psychotropic drugs
6. Monitoring of plasma concentrations of psychotropic drugs in pharmacovigilance
7. The role of pharmacogenetics in pharmacovigilance of psychotropic drugs
8. Safety and tolerability of antidepressants
9. Safety and tolerability of antipsychotics
10. Safety and tolerability of anxiolytics/sedative hypnotics
11. Safety and tolerability of mood stabilizers
12. Safety and tolerability of medications for ADHD
13. Safety of psychotropic drugs in children and adolescents
14. Safety of psychotropic drugs in the elderly(Safety of psychotropic drugs in the elderly
15. Safety of psychotropic drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding.