Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications

• Main Author: Stahl, Stephen M. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2021
• Edition: fifth edition
• Subjects: Psychopharmacology; Therapeutics
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Long established as the preeminent source in its field, the eagerly anticipated fifth edition of Dr Stahl's essential textbook of psychopharmacology is here! With its use of icons and figures that form Dr Stahl's unique 'visual language', the book is the single most readable sour...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Chemical Neurotransmission - 2. Transporters, Receptors and Enzymes as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action - 3. Ion Channels as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action - 4. Psychosis, Schizophrenia and the Neurotransmitter Networks Dopamine, Serotonin and Glutamate - 5. Targeting Dopamine and Serotonin Receptors for Psychosis, Mood and Beyond: So-Called 'Antipsychotics' - 6. Mood Disorders and the Neurotransmitter Networks Norepinephrine and Gamma Amino Butyric Acid (Gaba) - 7. Treatments for Mood Disorders: So-Called 'Antidepressants' and 'Mood Stabilizers' - 8. Anxiety, Trauma and Treatment - 9. Chronic Pain and its Treatment - 10. Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness and their Treatment: Neurotransmitter Networks for Histamine and Orexin - 11. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and its Treatment - 12. Dementia: Causes, Symptomatic Treatments and the Neurotransmitter Network Acetylcholine - 13. Impulsivity, Compulsivity and Addiction