Title: Biological treatments in psychiatry /
Authors: Lader, Malcolm Harold.; Herrington, Reginald N.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Mental illness Chemotherapy.; Psychopharmacology.; Electroconvulsive therapy; Psychosurgery.; Mental Disorders drug therapy; Psychotropic Drugs therapeutic use; Behavior drug effects
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Principles of treatment -- 3. Neuropharmacology -- 4. Behavioural studies in animals and humans -- 5. Biological aspects of psychiatry -- 6. The evaluation of treatment -- 7. Social and economic aspects of prescribing -- 8. Pharmacokinetics -- 9. Depression and antidepressants -- 10. Manic-depressive illness and lithium -- 11. Psychoses and antipsychotic medication -- 12. Anxiety and antianxiety medication -- 13. Sleep disorders and hypnotic drugs -- 14. Drug treatment in children -- 15. Drug treatment in the elderly -- 16. Drugs of abuse -- 17. Miscellaneous disorders and drugs -- 18. Electroconvulsive therapy and brain surgery -- 19. Epilogue: changing perspectives.