Psychopharmacology:an introduction

Spiegel, R.

Psychopharmacology:an introduction - 3rd - Chichester John Wiley and Sons 1996 - 295; diag.,bibl.; BookFind

Modern psychopharmaceuticals - neuroleptics, antidepressants, tranquilizers and hypnotics; history of psychopharmacology - psychopharmacology in the ancient world and Middle Ages, modern age; effects of psychopharmaceuticals on healthy subjects - subjective experience and behaviour - the subject of pharmacopsychology; electrical correlates of brain activity - effects of psychopharmaceuticals on the wake EEG, the sleep polygram and evoked potentials; mechanism of action of psychopharmaceuticals - some basic neurobiological concepts; clinical research in psychopharmacology - protection of the individual patient, predictor research; drugs and memory - effects of neuroleptics, antidepressants, tranquilizers, psychostimulants and nootropics; psychopharmaceuticals and the treatment of mental disorders - neuroleptics and the treatment of schizophrenia; economic aspects of psychopharmacology - effects of psychopharmacology on psychiatry and psychology.

Hardback Revised and updated to include new developments in drug therapy and research, this volume provides the clinician with information on modern pharmaceuticals, their therapeutic uses, limitations and adverse actions, and future treatment strategies.

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