Contents:

Antipsychotic drugs

Antidepressant drugs

Antimanic drugs

AppliedClinical Psychopharmacology

Nonresistant depression

Depressive disorder in a patient withcardiovascular disease

Nonresistant bipolar a ective disorder mania

Antidepressantinduced switching to mania in bipolar

Schizoa ective disorder schizomania

Acute organic disorder

Alzheimers disease mild to moderate

Anorexia nervosa

Acute alcohol withdrawalalcohol dependence

Acute opiate withdrawalchronic opiate dependence

Acute benzodiazepine withdrawalchronic benzodiazepine dependence

Selfinjurious behaviour SIBlearning disabilitytemporal lobe epilepsy

Resistant schizophrenia

Schizophrenia with negative symptoms

Schizophreniform psychosis in a patient with epilepsy

Schizophrenia in pregnancy

The acutely disturbed patient rapid tranquillisation

Index

Now in its fourth edition, Basic Notes in Psychopharmacology is a concise summary, in the form of notes, which gives the reader a quick and easy-to-use overview of the subject. This greatly expanded volume now covers all the major classes of drugs, and for each individual drug the principle mode of action, indications and adverse effects are provided. In addition, it now includes 35 peer-reviewed clinical vignettes, focussing on psychopharmacological treatments which play a major part in management. As a short and practical guide, it will be invaluable for junior hospital psychiatrists, general practitioners and medical students. Others, including psychiatric nurses, psychiatric social workers, psychiatric occupational therapists and clinical psychologists, will also find it extremely useful.