Psychopharmacology
Subtitle: An Introduction
Edition: 4 Sub edition
Publisher: Wiley
Published: September 19, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780471560395
Subjects: Psychiatry; Neuropsychopharmacology; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Pain Medicine; Pharmacology; Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology; Medical / Pharmacology; Mental Disorders; Psychopharmacology; Psychotropic Drugs; drug therapy; methods
First sentence: Psychopharmaceuticals are medications that can affect the behavior and subjective state of man and are used therapeutically on account of these 'psychotropic' effects.
Description: Provides an overview of today's psychopharmaceuticals, their therapeutic uses, adverse effects and limitations. An account of the history of psychopharmacology is followed by detailed descriptions of current research in animals and humans aimed at developing even more effective and safe medications. Concepts of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, including so-called mechanisms of action of psychopharmaceuticals, are explained. Advanced techniques such as SPECT, PET, and fMRI and their uses in psychopharmacology research are described. The book also provides a critical discussion of the relationship between drug-based and non-drug based therapies for mental disorders and addresses economic aspects of psychopharmacology.