Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology

Silently orienting us to the world are traditions embedded in our language. These traditions shape how we understand the necessities and possibilities of life and truth. Dualism, a metaphysical theory, is such a tradition, and, in Keen's view, the separate discourses of science and morality create double meanings in our experience. Psychopharmacology is a critical intersection of these two worlds, where physical compounds are used to change mental life. Increasingly, the language of neurochemistry formulates that treatment. To control ennui with chemicals is to direct our attention away...

This readable guide to the assessment and management of patients with bipolar disorder can help physicians keep abreast of dramatic and rapid advances of recent years and integrate them into their practice. Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Disorders emphasizes recent controlled studies and FDA-approved indications and translates these data into the real world of clinical practice. The contributions of the eleven chapter authors from Stanford University reflect more than a decade of clinical research and treatment undertaken at that institution, including advances in diagnosis...

Mit wachsender Komplexitat des Versorgungssystems gewinnt die Erfassung gesundheitsbezogener Daten an Bedeutung. Der Band versammelt die Diskussionsergebnisse des Hauptstadtsymposiums der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Nervenheilkunde (Juni 2008). Darin geht es um den Umgang mit Routinedaten, die die Versorgung psychisch kranker Menschen in Deutschland abbilden, die relevante Veranderungen erfassen und eine valide Grundlage fur die Qualitatssicherung und die gesundheitsokonomische wie -politische Diskussion liefern.

Fuhrende Experten aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum geben einen Uberblick uber die neuesten Forschungsergebnisse aus Klinik, Neurobiologie und Psychotherapie der Schizophrenie. Neben aktuellen Therapiekonzepten, sowohl fur Ersterkrankte als auch fur Mehrfacherkrankte, wird auch auf Alltagsprobleme von Patienten, wie beispielsweise Fahrtauglichkeit unter Antipsychotika, eingegangen. Ausfuhrliche Diskussionen uber die Einteilung und Klassifizierung des Formenkreises der Erkrankung, die richtungweisend fur die Zukunft sein konnen, werden in diesem Buch lebendig gefuhrt. Beitrage zur...

Long considered important for professionals working with minority and under-represented populations, cross-cultural competency has become a requisite for all health care providers. As society in the US increasingly diversifies, there is a crucial need to prepare health care professionals to effectively treat this changing population. The Massachusetts General Hospital Textbook on Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity in Mental Health addresses the importance and relevance of cultural sensitivity in US mental health. Prominent researchers and clinicians examine the cultural and...

The Evidence-Based Guide to Antipsychotic Medications is designed to provide both clinicians and residents with focused, comprehensive, and clinically relevant information regarding the use of antipsychotic medications to treat a broad range of psychiatric conditions -- from mood and anxiety disorders to substance abuse, personality disorders, and schizophrenia.

The volume editor is a renowned psychiatrist and author with more than 25 years of experience in both clinical and research settings diagnosing and treating patients with mood and psychotic disorders. In addition, each of...

The Textbook of Pediatric Psychosomatic Medicine provides a comprehensive, empirically based knowledge of assessment and treatment issues in children and adolescents with physical illness. Scholarly, authoritative, and evidence based, it is the first volume of its kind and will help to define the field going forward.

Addressing a very wide range of medical subspecialties, this volume is a first step for researchers who want to obtain a review of the psychiatric issues in their respective specialties. In addition, the book offers many special features, including - An exceptionally...

The Clinician's Guide to ADHD combines the useful diagnostic and treatment approaches advocated in different guidelines with insights from other sources, including recent literature reviews and web resources. The aim is to provide clinicians with clear, concise, and reliable advice on how to approach this complex disorder. The guidelines referred to in compiling the book derive from authoritative sources in different regions of the world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe. After introductory discussion of epidemiology and etiology, guidance is provided on...