Joellen Patterson, James L Griffith, Todd M Edwards

The Therapist's Guide to Psychopharmacology

Working with Patients, Families, and Physicians to Optimize Care

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 158mm x 228mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781462547678
• ISBN-10: 1462547672
• Artikelnr.: 61376603

Autorenporträt

JoEllen Patterson, PhD, LMFT, is Professor in the Marital and Family Therapy Program at the University of San Diego. She is also Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. Dr. Patterson received a Rotary International Scholarship to work at Cambridge University, as well as Fulbright Awards to work in Norway, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Canada. She has published several books and has served on the editorial boards of leading family therapy journals. Her global work includes initiatives in Jordan and Ecuador. James L. Griffith, MD, is the Leon M. Yochelson Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the George Washington University (GWU) School of Medicine and Health Sciences. As a psychiatric educator, Dr. Griffith developed GWU psychiatry residency training distinguished for its excellence in cultural psychiatry, global mental health, and psychosocial care for medically ill patients. Dually trained in psychiatry and neurology, Dr. Griffith for three decades has taught psychiatry residents a curriculum that integrates humanistic psychiatry with psychopharmacology, now published in Academic Psychiatry as a model curriculum for psychiatry residencies. Todd M. Edwards, PhD, LMFT, is Professor in the Marital and Family Therapy Program at the University of San Diego. He is also Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego, and Visiting Professor at NOVA University in Lisbon, Portugal. Dr. Edwards is a clinical member and approved supervisor in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and an editorial board member for the American Journal of Family Therapy and the Journal of Family Psychotherapy.

Inhaltsangabe

I. The Mind-Body Connection
1. How the Brain Works: A Basic Sketch
2. How Psychotropic Drugs Work
II. Psychiatric Disorders and Their Treatment
3. Depression
4. Bipolar Disorder
5. Anxiety Disorders
6. Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
7. Cognitive Disorders
8. Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
9. Physical Health and Illness
10. Special Populations
III. Creative Collaboration
11. The Therapeutic Relationship
12. Effective Referrals
13. Sharing Care
14. Strengthening Bonds
Glossary
References
Index