The Pharmacologic Basis of Psychotherapeutics

ISBN-13: 9781560326779 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 350 str.

Louis A. Pagliaro; Ann Marie Pagliaro

Opis

Starting with a brief history of the movement to obtain prescription privileges for psychologists, including the arguments on both sides of the issue, the book then describes the various purported mechanisms by which psychotropic drugs elicit their effects in the human body. The various drugs are introduced, and the processes of absorption, distribution and elimination, as well as the influence of age and disease on these processes. Attention is given to the methods of administration, adverse reactions and drug interactions.

Spis treści

The Waves of the Future: Times are Changing. Introduction to the Basic Principles of Pharmacology. The Psychotropics. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics. Administration of Psychotropics. Adverse Drug Reactions. Drug Interactions. References. Appendix One: Abbreviations. Appendix Two: Glossary. Appendix Three: Commonly Used Psychotropics: Associated ADRs and Clinical Comments. Appendix Four: Major Clinically Significant Drug Interactions Involving the Psychotropics.

O autorze

Louis A. Pagliaro, Ann M. Pagliaro