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Biological treatments in psychiatry / Malcolm Lader and Reginald Herrington.

Title: Biological treatments in psychiatry / Malcolm Lader and Reginald Herrington.
Author: Lader, Malcolm Harold.
Publication: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

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443 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Principles of treatment -- 3. Neuropharmacology -- 4. Behavioural studies in animals and humans -- 5. Biological aspects of psychiatry -- 6. The evaluation of treatment -- 7. Social and economic aspects of prescribing -- 8. Pharmacokinetics -- 9. Depression and antidepressants -- 10. Manic-depressive illness and lithium -- 11. Psychoses and antipsychotic medication -- 12. Anxiety and antianxiety medication -- 13. Sleep disorders and hypnotic drugs -- 14. Drug treatment in children -- 15. Drug treatment in the elderly -- 16. Drugs of abuse -- 17. Miscellaneous disorders and drugs -- 18. Electroconvulsive therapy and brain surgery -- 19. Epilogue: changing perspectives.

ISBN

0192626523 (hb)

LCCN

95022053

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Columbia University Libraries