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. Current literature on predicting responses to antidepressants, lithium, antipsychotics and antianxiety agents is summarized. This practical guide also offers details on the state-of-the-art uses of blood levels in psychiatric practice for each class of drugs as well as other useful information in tables, graphs and flow charts.
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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.
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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
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781315890432
Publisert
2017-11-29
Utgiver
Vendor
CRC Press
Vekt
790 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
338
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