Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology

This book is a scientific compendium documenting the state of the art in the discovery and development of vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and enzymes for the treatment of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). The book gives detailed consideration to some of the most cutting edge topics in addiction medicine, including vaccines for nicotine, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine dependence; monoclonal antibodies against cocaine, methamphetamine, and phencyclidine; and the enzymes butyrylcholinesterase and cocaine esterase. In addition, the text covers a wide range of new strategies designed to...

Sinnvolle Kombinationstherapie in der Psychiatrie

In diesem Buch werden alle verfugbaren Informationen zur Kombinationstherapie bei psychischen Krankheitsbildern zusammengefasst und kritisch kommentiert.

Psychopharmaka sind integraler Bestandteil einer differenzierten Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen. Prinzipiell wird die Monotherapie empfohlen, in der klinischen Praxis werden aber haufig Kombinationsbehandlungen durchgefuhrt, obwohl nur eine geringe Zahl kontrollierter Studien zu deren Effizienz vorliegt.

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Whether it is patients' anxiety at being in the physician's office, psychiatric disorders that may impair attention and concentration, skepticism at the effectiveness of medication, or the physician's own busyness, there are varied reasons why patients may not request all of the information they need about a psychiatric medication that is being prescribed or why physicians may not provide it.

What Your Patients Need to Know About Psychiatric Medications, Third Edition, remedies this problem by offering clear, accurate, and accessible information on more than 70 medications from all...

Written by global experts, this book provides a modern comprehensive insight into the pharmacogenetics of treatment of major psychoses: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression. The pharmacogenomics of three categories of the most important psychiatric drugs, antipsychotics, antidepressants and mood stabilizers, has been updated and reviewed.

Some promising directions and perspectives for future research in pharmacogenetics in major psychoses are indicated. They are, among others, connected with the development of new methods in molecular genetics and with linking...

Dieses Buch vermittelt einen umfassenden Uberblick uber das aktuelle Wissen auf dem Gebiet der Neuropsychopharmakologie im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Im ersten Teil werden die Grundlagen der Neuro-Psychopharmakologie dargelegt, um ein tieferes Verstandnis der Therapieprinzipien sowie der Besonderheiten der Neuro-Psychopharmakologie bei Kindern und Jugendlichen zu erhalten. Rechtliche und ethische Fragen im Praxisalltag werden eingehend erortert. Im speziellen Teil werden die verschiedenen Arzneistoffgruppen ausfuhrlich behandelt. Im dritten Teil wird die storungsspezifische und...

The medication fact book is a comprehensive reference guide covering all the important facts, from cost to pharmacokinetics, about the most commonly prescribed medications in psychiatry. Composed of 166 pages of one-page, reader -friendly fact sheets and quick scan medication tables, this book offers guidance, clinical pearls, and bottom line assessments of more than 100 of the most common medications you use and are asked about in your practice. Versions of this book can be purchased with a 100-question, 8-credit CME online quiz.

This practical manual presents the main drugs and protocols currently used in the psychopharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders in cancer and palliative care settings and explores the principal issues involved in such treatment. Significant clinical challenges encountered in the psychopharmacological management of various psychiatric conditions are discussed, covering aspects such as side-effects and drug-drug interactions. Attention is also paid to the emerging theme of adjuvant use of psychotropic drugs for the treatment of symptoms or syndromes not primarily related to...

This book brings together an international group of clinicians and researchers from a broad swath of inter-related disciplines to offer the most up-to-date information about clinical and preclinical research into ketamine and second-generation ketamine-like fast-acting antidepressants.

Currently available antidepressant medications act through monoaminergic systems, are ineffective for many individuals suffering from depression, and are associated with a delayed onset of peak efficacy of several months. The unexpected emergence of ketamine, an anesthetic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)...

The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology is an indispensable and comprehensive resource for clinicians and trainees who prescribe psychotropic medications. Updated to reflect the new DSM-5 classification, this revised Fifth Edition maintains the user-friendly structure of its predecessors while offering in-depth coverage of the latest research in pharmacological principles, classes of drugs, and psychiatric disorders. Introductory chapters provide a theoretical grounding in clinical applications, with topics ranging from neurotransmitters to brain...