Advances in Psychopharmacology

The book focuses on the prediction and optimization of pharmacological treatment of psychiatric patients. Topics covered include the importance of accurate psychiatric diagnosis, medical problems which can mimic psychiatric illness, and the interface between psychiatric illness and opiate addiction and alcoholism.

Auteur

Mark S. Gold

Contenu

1. Psychiatric Diagnosis: State of the Art 2. Psychiatric Misdiagnosis 3. Thyroid Failure and Clinical Misdiagnosis 4. Antidepressants: Predicting Response/Maximizing Efficacy 5. Serotonin Subtype of Depression. Lithium: Predicting Response/Maximizing Efficacy 6. MAO Inhibitors: Predicting Response/Maximizing Efficacy 7. Antipsychotics: Predicting Response/Maximizing Efficacy 8. Anxiolytics: Predicating Response/Maximizing Efficacy 9. Alcoholism 10. Narcotic Addiction 11. Role of the Laboratory in Psychiatry