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Title

Serotonin in antipsychotic treatment : mechanisms and clinical practice / edited by John M. Kane, H.-J. Möller, Frans Awouters.

Publication

New York : M. Dekker, c1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kane, John M., 1945-
• Möller, Hans-Jürgen
• Awouters, Frans, 1937-

Description

xiv, 388 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Medical psychiatry ; 3

Uniform Title

Medical psychiatry ; 3.

Subjects

• Serotonin > Antagonists
• Psychotic Disorders > drug therapy
• Antipsychotic drugs
• Serotonin > physiology
• Antipsychotic Agents > pharmacology
• Schizophrenia > Chemotherapy
• Receptors, Serotonin > drug effects
• Schizophrenia > drug therapy

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• Introduction / William A. Frosch -- 1. The Treatment of Psychotic Disorders: The Search for Effective and Safe Long-Term Treatment / John M. Kane -- 2. Ongoing Research in the Treatment of Schizophrenia / Donna Ames, Stephen R. Marder, William C. Wirshing and Theodore Van Putten -- 3. History of Antidopaminergic Neuroleptics / Alistair Munro and Patrick Flynn -- 4. Serotonin Receptor Subtypes: Possible Roles and Implications in Antipsychotic Drug Action / Josee E. Leysen, Walter Gommeren and Alain Schotte -- 5. The Role of Serotonin in Schizophrenia and the Mechanism of Action of Antipsychotic Drugs / Herbert Y. Meltzer and S. Hossein Fatemi -- 6. Serotonin Mechanisms in Antipsychotic Treatment: Evidence from Drug Discrimination Studies / Theo F. Meert -- 7. Dopamine, Serotonin, and Their Interactions in Schizophrenia / Rene S. Kahn and Herman M. Van Praag --
• 8. Chemistry and Pharmacology of Drugs Acting on Both 5HT[subscript 2]- and D[subscript 2]-Receptors / Anton A. H. P. Megens, Ludo Kennis, Jan Vandenberk and Frans Awouters -- 9. Positron Emission Tomography Studies of 5HT[subscript 2]-Receptors / Svante Nyberg, Anna-Lena Nordstrom, Christer Halldin and Lars Farde -- 10. Assessment of Negative Symptoms: Development of the PANSS / Lewis A. Opler -- 11. Biochemical Markers for Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia / David F. Horrobin and A. Iain M. Glen -- 12. Understanding the Relationship Between Extrapyramidal Side Effects and Tardive Dyskinesia / Daniel S. G. Umbricht and John M. Kane -- 13. Risperidone: An Overview of Animal Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacokinetics / Herman Van Cauteren, Anton A. H. P. Megens, Ann Lampo and Willem Meuldermans -- 14. Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Risperidone / Achiel Van Peer, Willem Meuldermans, Robert Woestenborghs and Jos Heykants --
• 15. The Clinical Development of Risperidone / Richard C. Meibach and Stef L. E. Heylen -- 16. The Treatment of Schizophrenia: Comparative Studies with Placebo, Haloperidol, and Risperidone / Ann Mortimer and Thomas R. E. Barnes -- 17. Risperidone in Comparison with Various Treatments of Schizophrenia / Eckhard Klieser, Erlo Lehmann and Kurt Heinrich -- 18. Extrapyramidal Side Effects of Neuroleptic Medication: Focus on Risperidone / H.-J. Moller -- 19. Guidelines for the Practical Use of Risperidone / Terence M. Reilly and Stef L. E. Heylen.

ISBN

0824793021 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

96007342

OCLC

• 34474642
• ocm34474642
• SCSB-4780622

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries