Preface; 1. Structure and function of neurons; 2. Synaptic neurotransmission and the anatomically addressed nervous system; 3. Signal transduction and the chemically addressed nervous system; 4. Transporters and g-protein linked receptors as targets of psychopharmacological drug action; 5. Ion channels and enzymes as targets of psychopharmacological drug action; 6. Psychiatric genetics; 7. Circuits in psychopharmacology; 8. From circuits to symptoms in psychopharmacology; 9. Psychosis and schizophrenia; 10. Antipsychotic agents; 11. Mood disorders; 12. Antidepressants; 13. Mood stabilizers; 14. Anxiety and anxiolytics; 15. Chronic pain, functional somatic syndromes, and their treatment; 16. Disorders of sleep and wakefulness and their treatment; 17. Disorders of cognition and their treatment; 18. Psychopharmacology of reward: drugs of abuse, obesity, and disorders of impulse control; 19. Disorders of reward, drug abuse, and their treatment.
This edition explains and illustrates the neurobiological concepts underlying the drug treatment of psychiatric disorders.
Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego. He has conducted numerous research projects awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Veterans Administration, and the pharmaceutical industry. Author of more than 200 articles and chapters, Dr Stahl is an internationally recognized clinician, researcher, and teacher in psychiatry with subspecialty expertise in psychopharmacology.
Reviews from the first edition: '… 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
'… readers are treated to a clear and thorough overview of the
complexities of managing psychiatric disorders and the otherwise
bewildering array of somatic treatments. … The principal value of
the book is that it provides a lucid framework for understanding
pharmacotherapeutic approaches in treating mental disorders by
proposing how brain circuits and their neurotransmitters can be
linked to the amelioration of symptoms and includes new information
on synapses, signaling, psychiatric genetics and a variety of
disease models. The illustrations are superb and are excellent
teaching tools. … The book is an excellent source of information
for the art of prescribing psychotropic medications. This book
belongs in every clinician's library and serves as a model of
clarity for others.' Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
'Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology now stands alone as the most
recently updated and most comprehensive psychopharmacology
textbook, written by a single author. His illustrations are
extremely well-conceived, educational and informative. Dr Stahl is
consistent in his approach to teaching and writing. I find his work
to be extremely valuable to the practising clinician. He fosters an
academic, research-based understanding of modern pharmacology and
psychopharmacologic drug action. Medical students, psychiatry
residents and fellows and experienced clinicians will find the
style and content refreshing. … I recommend this text as an
extremely useful reference work as we enter the next decade of
discovery in brain neurosciences and its role in clinical
psychiatry.' Psychological Medicine
'We highly recommend this book both to general practitioners who
may need information on general mechanisms of psychotropic drugs
and to students that would like to learn more about basic
psychopharmacology and its practical applications.' Clinical
Neuropsychiatry
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