Drugs in Psychiatric Practice
eBook - PDF

Drugs in Psychiatric Practice

  1. 454 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Drugs in Psychiatric Practice

About this book

Drugs in Psychiatric Practice present a comprehensive examination of the drug treatment in psychiatry. It discusses certain ways in which drugs behaved. It addresses the advances in pharmacology and the basis of prescription. Some of the topics covered in the book are the classification of psychotropic drugs; basic principles of pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism; anti-schizophrenic drugs; evaluation of psychotropic drugs; unconventional chemotherapy; anti-parkinsonian and anti-dyskinetic drugs; introduction of amitriptyline; and tricyclic antidepressants. The role of tricyclic drugs in the treatment of enuresis and the drug treatment of organic brain syndrome are fully covered. An in-depth account of the monoamine oxidase inhibitors and amine precursors are provided. The tolerance and pharmacological dependence on alcohol are completely presented. A chapter is devoted to the factors involve in ethanol metabolism. Another section focuses on the unwanted effects of psychotropic drugs. The book can provide useful information to doctors, pharmacists, psychologists, students, and researchers.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Drugs in Psychiatric Practice
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Contributors
  7. Introduction
  8. References
  9. Chapter 1. Classification of psychotropic drugs
  10. Chapter 2. Pharmacokinetics and drug metabolismbasic principles
  11. Chapter 3. Evaluation of psychotropic drugs
  12. Chapter 4. Antischizophrenic drugs
  13. Chapter 5. Antiparkinsonian and antidyskinetic drugs
  14. Chapter 6. Antianxiety drugs
  15. Chapter 7. Tricyclic antidepressants
  16. Chapter 8. New generation of antidepressants
  17. Chapter 9. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors and amine precursors
  18. Chapter 10. Lithium carbonate
  19. Chapter 11. Psychostimulants
  20. Chapter 12. Drugs of dependence
  21. Chapter 13. Alcohol
  22. Chapter 14. Drugs in child psychiatry
  23. Chapter 15. Drugs in psychogeriatrics
  24. Chapter 16. Other uses of psychotropic drugs in psychiatry
  25. Index of drug interactions
  26. Index of international trade names
  27. Subject index