Essential psychopharmacology neuroscientific basis and practical application
Stephen M. Stahl ; with illustrations by Nancy Munter.
- 2nd ed.
- Cambridge, UK New York, NY, USA Cambridge University Press 2000.
- xii, 601, [46]p. ill. 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Principles of chemical neurotransmission -- Ch. 2. Receptors and enzymes as the targets of drug action -- Ch. 3. Special properties of receptors -- Ch. 4. Chemical neurotransmission as the mediator of disease actions -- Ch. 5. Depression and bipolar disorders -- Ch. 6. Classical antidepressants, serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors, and noradrenergic reuptake inhibitors -- Ch. 7. Newer antidepressants and mood stabilizers -- Ch. 8. Anxiolytics and sedative-hypnotics -- Ch. 9. Drug treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and phobic disorder -- Ch. 10. Psychosis and schizophrenia -- Ch. 11. Antipsychotic agents -- Ch. 12. Cognitive enhancers -- Ch. 13. Psychopharmacology of reward and drugs of abuse -- Ch. 14. Sex-specific and sexual function-related psychopharmacology.