Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Core Concepts of Good Psychopharmacology -- Targets of Treatment : Categories versus Dimensions of Psychopathology -- Interpreting and Using the Literature : Integrating Evidence-Based Trials with Real World Practice -- Placebo and Nocebo Effects -- Tailoring the Fit : Moderators and Mediators of Treatment Outcome -- Complex Regimens and Rationale-Based Combination Drug Therapies -- Laboratory Values and Psychiatric Symptoms : What to Measure, What Not to Measure, and What to Do With The Results -- Pharmacogenetics : When Relevant, When Not -- Cross-tapering and the Logistics of Drug Discontinuation -- Managing Major Adverse Drug Effects : When to Avoid, Switch, or Treat Through -- Novel Drug Therapeutics : Nutraceuticals, Steroids, Probiotics, and Other Dietary Supplements -- Human Diversity and Considerations in Special Populations -- Disordered Mood and Affect -- Disorders of Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Aggression -- Psychosis -- Deficit States and Negative Symptoms -- Anxiety -- Addiction and the Reward Pathway -- Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- Personality Disorders -- Cognition -- Putting it All Together |
Summary |
"The impetus for this book comes from our perception of a distinct unmet need in the world of clinical psychopharmacology, that of a marriage between clinical neuroscience and evidence-based trials, brokered by the matchmaker of pragmatism. There is, on the one hand, an ever-growing literature of randomized controlled trials, crossover trials, open case series, proof of concept studies and case reports that lend varying degrees of support for innovative therapeutic strategies; and, on the other hand, there exists a clinical reality in which patients frequently start and stop drugs not always for compelling reasons, where everyday practitioners manage patients on extensive polypharmacy regimens that may at times look like random assemblages, pharmacodynamic rationales are not always purposeful, mechanisms of action can be unwittingly redundant or contradictory, and ineffective treatments may senselessly get retained (sometimes perhaps even hoarded) rather than deprescribed"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Psychopharmacology.
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Mental Disorders -- drug therapy
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Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions -- drug therapy
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Evidence-Based Pharmacy Practice -- methods
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Drug Therapy, Combination -- methods
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Psychopharmacology
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Psychopharmacology.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Stahl, Stephen M., 1951- author.
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LC no. |
2020028634 |
ISBN |
9781108553216 |
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1108553214 |
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