Joseph F. Goldberg, Stephen M. Stahl (San Diego University of California)

Practical Psychopharmacology

Translating Findings from Evidence-Based Trials Into Real-World Clinical Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An accessible book for clinicians at all levels of training and experience who prescribe psychiatric medications and wish to better understand the rationale and empirical evidence base behind choosing treatments optimally tailored to the needs of individual patients.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 610
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 188mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1304g
• ISBN-13: 9781108450744
• ISBN-10: 1108450741
• Artikelnr.: 60744966

Autorenporträt

Joseph Goldberg is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. General Principles: 1. Core concepts of good psychopharmacology
2. Targets of treatment: categories versus dimensions of psychopathology
3. Interpreting and using the literature: integrating evidence-based trials with real-world practice
4. Placebo and nocebo effects
5. Tailoring the fit: moderators and mediators of treatment outcome
6. Complex regimens and rationale-based combination drug therapies
7. Laboratory values and psychiatric symptoms: what to measure, what not to measure, and what to do with the results
8. Pharmacogenetics: when relevant, when not
9. Cross-tapering and the logistics of drug discontinuation
10. Managing major adverse drug effects: when to avoid, switch, or treat through
11. Novel drug therapeutics: nutraceuticals, steroids, probiotics, and other dietary supplements
12. Human diversity and considerations in special populations
Part II. Targets of Pharmacotherapy: 13. Disordered mood and affect
14. Disorders of impulsivity, compulsivity, and aggression
15. Psychosis
16. Deficit states and negative symptoms
17. Anxiety
18. Addiction and the reward pathway
19. Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder
20. Personality disorders
21. Cognition
22. Putting it all together
References
Index.