Antipsychotic and anticholinergic drugs Herbert Y. Meltzer William V. Bobo Introduction The discovery by Delay and Denicker in 1953 that chlorpromazine was highly effective in alleviating delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized…
Lithium and related mood stabilizers Robert M. Post Introduction Global categorization of the mood stabilizers Lithium is the paradigmatic mood stabilizer. It is effective in the acute and prophylactic treatment…
Antidepressants Zubin Bhagwagar George R. Heninger Introduction Major depressive disorder is a serious, recurrent illness which levies a crippling toll on individuals, families, and society in general. The importance of…
Anxiolytics and hypnotics Malcolm Lader Introduction Anxiety is a commonly experienced emotion that becomes a clinical disorder when it is too severe, too protracted, or too pervasive for the subject…
General principles of drug therapy in psychiatry J. K. Aronson The successful use of psychotropic drugs demands an understanding of their pharmaceutical, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic properties. ♦ Pharmaceutical properties: Pharmaceutical…
The evaluation of psychological treatment Paul Crits-Christoph Mary Beth Connolly Gibbons Introduction Psychotherapy continues to be a widely practised treatment for psychiatric disorders and other problems in living. Since publication…
The evaluation of physical treatments Clive E. Adams The strengths and weakness of the single trial Strengths New treatments, or variations of older therapies, rarely represent a revolutionary departure from…
The Organization of Psychiatric Services for General Hospital Departments Frits J. Huyse Roger G. Kathol Wolfgang Söllner Lawson Wulsin Introduction The organization of psychiatric services for general hospital departments might…
Health Psychology John Weinman Keith J. Petrie Introduction Health psychology is concerned with understanding human behaviour in the context of health, illness, and health care. It is the study of…
Management of Psychiatric Disorders in Medically Ill Patients, Including Emergencies Pier Maria Furlan Luca Ostacoli The coexistence of psychiatric disorders in patients with medical illnesses may influence both the diagnosis…
