Offering user-friendly, authoritative guidance on cutting-edge psychopharmacologic and somatic treatments for psychiatric and neurologic conditions, Massachusetts General Hospital Psychopharmacology and Neurotherapeutics, 2nd Edition, helps you put todays best approaches to work for your patients. Composed of topical chapters primarily from the third edition of Stern et al.’s Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, this fully revised resource focuses on current psychotropic treatments, electroconvulsive therapy, and neurotherapeutics, making it an ideal quick reference for psychiatrists, psychologists, internists, and nurse practitioners.
1 Psychiatric Neuroscience: Incorporating Pathophysiology into Clinical Case Formulation 2 Treatment Adherence 3 Pharmacological Approaches to Depression and Treatment-Resistant Depression 4 Lithium and Its Role in Psychiatry 5 The Use of Antiepileptic Drugs in Psychiatry 6 The Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety Disorders 7 Pharmacotherapy of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Across the Life Span 8 Natural Medications in Psychiatry 9 Antipsychotic Drugs 10 Patients with Abnormal Movements 11 Pathophysiology, Psychiatric Co-morbidity, and Treatment of Pain 12 Psychiatric Illness During Pregnancy and the Post-partum Period 13 Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications 14 Drug-Drug Interactions in Psychopharmacology 15 Pharmacotherapy of Neurocognitive Disorders and Dementia 16 Pharmacotherapy of Substance Use Disorders 17 Pharmacotherapy of Sexual Disorders and Sexual Dysfunction 18 Device Neuromodulation and Brain Therapies 19 Legal Considerations for Mental Health Providers