Preface; 1. Principles of chemical neurotransmission; 2. Receptors and enzymes as the targets of drug action; 3. Special properties of receptors; 4. Chemical neurotransmission as the mediator of disease actions; 5. Depression and bipolar disorders; 6. Classical antidepressants, serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors and noradrenergic reuptake inhibitors; 7. Newer antidepressants and mood stabilizers; 8. Anxiolytics and sedative-hypnotics; 9. Drug treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder and phobic disorders; 10. Psychosis and schizophrenia; 11. Antipsychotic agents; 12. Cognitive enhancers; 13. Psychopharmacology of reward and drugs of abuse; 14. Gender and sexual psychopharmacology; References; Index.
Much expanded, fully revised, and with many more new illustrations, this remains the essential text for anyone who has to master the complexities of psychopharmacology.
'… essential reading … I would thoroughly recommend this book to
anyone who works with psychotropic drugs - or who has the task of
teaching others about them!' American Journal of Psychiatry
'This book is a bedrock for basic understanding of the complex and
fast moving field of psychopharmacology, and should be a part of
every prescribing clinician's library. It is highly recommended and
will be useful in many contexts.' Doody's Publishing
'… illustrations are highly effective in elucidating highly complex
material. This book is a bedrock for basic understanding of the
complex and fast moving field of psychopharmacology, and should be
a part of every prescribing clinician's library. It is highly
recommended and will be useful in many contexts.' Nishad J.
Nadkarni, Doody's Health Scienced Book Review Journal
'Using his own extraordinary teaching style, together with the fine
images we are accustomed to seeing from him, Professional Stahl, of
California University, presents us with a second edition of his
work. It is a great work, which should be very useful to
psychiatrists, doctors in training and psychopharmacologists.'
Professor a. Seva, European Journal of Psychiatry
'The clinically orientated chapters do an impressive job of
bringing together the neuropathological basis and
psychopharmacological approaches to psychiatric conditions. I would
highly recommend this as an concise, entertaining and easily
accessible source of information.' Sophie Ilson, Addiction
Biology
'… the first edition was a finely crafted book with logically
distinct sections on basic science, disease mechanisms, drug
action, and drug classes. This second edition is now much improved
again with copious colour illustrations and bang up to date
scientific information about both aetiological theories and new
products and their associated modes of action … a benchmark book
for modern psychopharmacology teaching.' Robert Kerwin, Journal of
Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
'If there is one basic psychopharmacology text for a practitioner
or teacher of psychiatric medicine to own, this is it … Cleverly
illustrated with simple cartoons, this book presents complex
information in an easily accessible manner … Essential
Psychopharmacology is a first rate book. It is both a ready
reference and an internally consistent teaching text … It will
become an essential source for the information that informs the
teaching and practice of psychiatric medicine over the next
decade.' Stan Kutcher, The Lancet
'… an excellent basic textbook covering the key areas of
psychopharmacology. its concise and structured approach made
reading enjoyable … I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to
all psychiatric trainees.' R. Winterhaldes, Journal of Intellectual
Disability Research
'As an MRC psychiatry student I have benefited enormously from
studying this book. Stahl has allowed me to see the light in what I
previously found to be a very complex subject, it has made a
fascinating and fulfilling read.' Judy Whitely, International
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
'Essential Psychopharmacology offers a wide range of readers an
engaging and comprehensive view of psychopharmacology. it is highly
recommended to both novice and experienced researchers, who stand
to gain a new or renewed appreciation for the complexity and beauty
of how the nervous system mediates the behavioural effects of
drugs.' Ruth E. Grahn, Contemporary Psychology
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