Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications
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 source of information on disease and drug mechanisms for all students and mental health professionals seeking to understand and utilize current therapeutics, and to anticipate the future for novel medications. Every aspect of the book has been updated, with the clarity of explanation that only Dr Stahl can bring. The new edition includes over 500 new or refreshed figures, an intuitive color scheme, fourteen new uses for older drugs and eighteen brand new drugs, coverage of Parkinson's Disease Psychosis, behavioural symptoms of dementia, and mixed features in major depressive episodes, and expanded information on the medical uses of cannabis and hallucinogen assisted psychotherapy.
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Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications
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 source of information on disease and drug mechanisms for all students and mental health professionals seeking to understand and utilize current therapeutics, and to anticipate the future for novel medications. Every aspect of the book has been updated, with the clarity of explanation that only Dr Stahl can bring. The new edition includes over 500 new or refreshed figures, an intuitive color scheme, fourteen new uses for older drugs and eighteen brand new drugs, coverage of Parkinson's Disease Psychosis, behavioural symptoms of dementia, and mixed features in major depressive episodes, and expanded information on the medical uses of cannabis and hallucinogen assisted psychotherapy.
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Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications

Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications

by Stephen M. Stahl
Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications

Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications

by Stephen M. Stahl

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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 source of information on disease and drug mechanisms for all students and mental health professionals seeking to understand and utilize current therapeutics, and to anticipate the future for novel medications. Every aspect of the book has been updated, with the clarity of explanation that only Dr Stahl can bring. The new edition includes over 500 new or refreshed figures, an intuitive color scheme, fourteen new uses for older drugs and eighteen brand new drugs, coverage of Parkinson's Disease Psychosis, behavioural symptoms of dementia, and mixed features in major depressive episodes, and expanded information on the medical uses of cannabis and hallucinogen assisted psychotherapy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108971638
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 07/29/2021
Edition description: 5th Revised ed.
Pages: 644
Sales rank: 36,189
Product dimensions: 7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 1.14(d)

About the Author

Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, USA and Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, UK. He has conducted various research projects awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Veterans Administration and the pharmaceutical industry. Author of more than 350 articles and chapters, Dr Stahl is the author of the bestsellers Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology and The Prescriber's Guide.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition     ix
CME Information     xiii
Structure and Function of Neurons     1
Synaptic Neurotransmission and the Anatomically Addressed Nervous System     21
Signal Transduction and the Chemically Addressed Nervous System     51
Transporters and G Protein-Linked Receptors as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action     91
Ion Channels and Enzymes as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action     123
Psychiatric Genetics     177
Circuits in Psychopharmacology     195
From Circuits to Symptoms in Psychopharmacology     223
Psychosis and Schizophrenia     247
Antipsychotic Agents     327
Mood Disorders     453
Antidepressants     511
Mood Stabilizers     667
Anxiety Disorders and Anxiolytics     721
Pain and the Treatment of Fibromyalgia and Functional Somatic Syndromes     773
Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness and Their Treatment     815
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Its Treatment     863
Dementia and Its Treatment     899
Disorders of Reward, Drug Abuse, and Their Treatment     943
Suggested Readings     1013
Index     1057

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