Kaplan & Sadock's pocket handbook of psychiatric drug treatment


The thoroughly updated Fourth Edition of this popular handbook includes all the newest drugs used to treat psychiatric disorders. Each chapter provides complete information on preparation and dosages; indications; use in children, elderly persons, and pregnant and nursing women;adverse reactions; and drug-drug interactions.

To help physicians recognize and prescribe medications, the book presents color plates of all major drugs and indicates the forms and dosages in which they are available. Front-of-book tables identify chapters where each drug is discussed, and drugs used for each disorder. Also included is a tabular listing of toxic and lethal doses of each drug, symptoms of overdose, and emergency management measures.
Table of contents : 
Content: 1. General Principles of Psychopharmacology ... 1 2. Medication-Induced Movement Disorders... 23 3. 2-Adrenergic Receptor Agonists: Clonidine and Guanfacine ... 33 4. Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists ...39 5. Anticholinergics and Amantadine ...46 6. Anticonvulsants: Gabapentin, Tiagabine, Levetiracetam, Topiramate, and Zonisamide ... 52 7. Antihistamines ...58 8. Barbiturates and Similarly Acting Drugs ... 63 9. Benzodiazepines and Drugs Acting on Benzodiazepine Receptors ... 72 10. Bupropion ... ... 82 11. Buspirone ...87 12. Calcium Channel Inhibitors ... 91 13. Carbamazepine and Oxcarbazepine... 95 14. Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine ... 103 15. Dantrolene ... 110 16. Disulfiram and Acamprosate...112 17. Dopamine Receptor Agonists and Precursors: Apomorphine, Bromocriptine, Levodopa, Pergolide, Pramipexole, and Ropinirole ... 117 18. Dopamine Receptor Antagonists: Typical Antipsychotics ... 122 19. Lamotrigine ... 139 20. Lithium ... 143 21. Mirtazapine ... 157 22. Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors ... 160 23. Nefazodone ... 167 24. Opioid Receptor Agonists: Methadone, Buprenorphine, and Levomethadyl ... 170 25. Opioid Receptor Antagonists: Naltrexone, Nalmefene, and Naloxone ... 176 26. Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors ... 183 27. Selective Serotonin Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors: Venlafaxine and Duloxetine ... 187 28. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors ... 193 29. Serotonin?Dopamine Antagonists: Atypical Antipsychotics ... 208 30. Sympathomimetics and Related Drugs ... 221 31. Thyroid Hormones ... 231 32. Trazodone ... 235 33. Tricyclics and Tetracyclics ... 238 34. Valproate ... 250 35. Yohimbine ...257 36. Psychoactive Herbs ... 259 37. Intoxication and Overdose ... 266 Index... 277