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Essential Psychopharmacology of Antipsychotics and Mood Stabilizers

Part of Essential Psychopharmacology Series

Author: Stephen M. Stahl, University of California, San Diego

Date Published: September 2002
availability: Unavailable - out of print
format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521890748

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Updated from the best-selling second edition of Essential Psychopharmacology, in this new book Stephen Stahl has revised the chapters covering antipsychotics and mood stabilizers. New material includes discussion of two new theories about dopaminergic modulation of receptors by new antipsychotic drugs: firstly, the 'fast dissociation' (hit and run) hypothesis for how the atypical antipsychotics act, and secondly, a whole new class of antipsychotic agents, known as dopamine system stabilizers, with the protypical agent aripiprazole. Also covered is the use of anticonvulsant agents to treat manic psychosis and the newest atypical antipsychotic ziprasidone. The antipsychotics chapter has increased by a third, with nearly fifty new images to illustrate the stunning advances in antipsychotic and mood stabilizer treatments since the publication of the second edition. This book will be essential reading for all professionals treating psychosis, and students who need to know the mechanisms of drug actions. CME self-assessment tests are included.
- Updated from the best-selling Essential Psychopharmacology second edition
- The antipsychotics chapter is a third longer
- New material includes nearly fifty new color illustrations; two new theories about dopaminergic modulation of receptors by antipsychotic drugs; the latest atypical antipsychotic and the first dopamine stabilizer
- CME self-assessment tests included
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'Firmly grounded in contemporary neuroscience … an excellent and comprehensive account of the pharmacology of drugs currently used to treat psychiatric disorders.' Psychological Medicine
'This masterful production will benefit a broad spectrum of readers, from students to knowledgeable and experienced psychopharmacologists.' Psychiatric Times
'Finally, an elegant and beautiful psychopharmacology text written by a basic scientist who is also a clinician.' Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
'The book is written in a very practical, user-friendly format differentiating itself from other books in this category.' Raj Tummala, Divine.com
'This text is highly recommended for those students and clinicians who are interested in the psychopharmacology of antipsychotics and mood stabilizers. It should also sit on the shelf of every postgraduate medical library, next to its 'mother text.' Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
'… the text speaks for itself, and does so clearly … Dr Stahl has a gift for teaching, and it is a pleasure to recommend this book.' Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
'The text is as clear and concise as we have come to expect from Professor Stahl and is supported by admirably 'user friendly' illustrations … this book provides an excellent update on new and potential therapeutic agents and their modes of action and will enable clinicians to keep up with the latest developments … this is a welcome addition to Essential Psychopharmacology and I recommend it unreservedly. it may be wise to purchase two copies as one is sure to be 'borrowed' very quickly.' International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
'This book provides an excellent update on new and potential therapeutic agents and their modes of action and will enable clinicians to keep up with the latest developments … It may be wise to purchase two copies as one is sure to be 'borrowed' very quickly.' International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
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Product details
- Date Published: September 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521890748
- length: 160 pages
- dimensions: 249 x 175 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.336kg
- contains: 110 colour illus.
- availability: Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Psychosis and schizophrenia
2. Antipsychotic agents
Suggested reading
Index
CME post tests and evaluations.
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Stephen M. Stahl, University of California, San Diego
Born 09-14-51. Dr Stephen M. Stahl received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Northwestern University in Chicago, as a member of the honors program in Medical Education. He then received his Ph.D. degree in pharmacoogy and physiology from the University of Chicago. Dr Stahl has trained in three specialties: internal medicine at the University of Chicago; neurology at the University of California at San Francisco; and psychiatry at Stanford University. He is board certified in psychiatry. Dr Stahl has practiced psychiatry for the past 18 years. He has held faculty positions as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University Medical School, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at the University of California at Los Angeles, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Neurology, London, and currently, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego. Dr Stahl was also Executive Director of Clinical Neurosciences at the Merck Neuroscience Research Center in the UK for several years. He currently supervises a staff of clinicians who both provide clinical care and conduct clinical research. Specialized programs include research and clinical management of treatment refractory depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and panic disorder. In addition to these clinical care programs, Dr Stahl has also conducted numerous research projects awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health and by the Veterans Administration as a faculty member at Stanford University, UCLA, the University of London's Institute of Psychiatry, and currently at UCSD. Author of more than 200 articles and chapters and several books, Dr Stahl is an internationally recognized clinician, researcher and teacher in psychiatry with subspecialty expertise in psychopharmacology. Lectures, courses and preceptorships based upon the first editio
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