Stahl's essential psychopharmacology : neuroscientific basis and practical applications

Stahl, SM. 1951-

Stahl's essential psychopharmacology : neuroscientific basis and practical applications Essential psychopharmacology Stephen M. Stahl. - 3rd ed. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xv, 1117 p. : ill.

Rev. ed. of: Essential psychopharmacology. Cambridge University Press. 2nd ed. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1013-1056) and index.

Structure and function of neurons -- Synaptic neurotransmission and the anatomically addressed nervous system -- Signal transduction and the chemically addressed nervous system -- Transporters and G-protein linked receptors as targets of psychopharmacological drug action -- Ion channels and enzymes as targets of psychopharmacological drug action -- Psychiatric genetics -- Circuits in psychopharmacology -- From circuits to symptoms in psychopharmacology -- Psychosis and schizophrenia -- Antipsychotic agents -- Mood disorders -- Antidepressants -- Mood stabilizers -- Anxiety and anxiolytics -- Chronic pain, functional somatic syndromes, and their treatment -- Disorders of sleep and wakefulness and their treatment -- Disorders of cognition and their treatment -- Disorders of reward, drug abuse, and their treatment.

9780521857024 (hardcover) 9780521673761 (pbk.)


Pharmacology
Psychotropic Drugs

QV150 / S71

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