Treatment with Antipsychotics As in other areas of clinical science, serendipity as well as careful investigation contributed to our knowledge about antipsychotics, including their Discovery Potential mechanisms of action Range…
Psychopharmacotherapy in Special Populations This chapter clarifies the clinical assessment and drug treatment issues raised by patients whose symptoms occur in the context of specialized circumstances. It specifically covers psychopharmacotherapy…
Psychopharmacotherapy in Later Life This chapter considers the special diagnostic and treatment issues raised in the older patient, including Physiological changes with aging Psychiatric disorders in later life Dementia The…
Psychopharmacotherapy in Early Life The problems associated with drug therapy during the childbearing and perinatal periods, as well as the rapidly developing field of child and adolescent psychopharmacotherapy, require increased…
Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety-Related Disorders Panic Disorder CLINICAL PRESENTATION In 1964, Klein (1) described panic disorder (PD) as Sudden, spontaneous, unexpected feelings of terror and anxiety The autonomic equivalence…
Treatment with Antianxiety and Sedative-Hypnotic Agents From time immemorial, human beings have sought ways to achieve relief from subjectively distressing and disabling anxiety, as well as to counteract debilitating insomnia….
Indications for Antianxiety and Sedative-Hypnotic Agents Anxiety is characterized by fear and apprehension that may or may not be associated with a clearly identifiable stimulus. It is a common reaction…
Treatment with Mood Stabilizers Lithium was used in the mid-19th century for such varied disorders as gout, diabetes, and rheumatism. With the seminal reports of Cade (1) and Schou et…
Indications for Mood Stabilizers Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder (BPD) (formerly manic/depressive illness) represents one of the most dramatic presentations in all of medicine and simultaneously poses one of the more…
Therapeutic Neuromodulation Neuromodulation involves the induction of electrical current in nervous tissue through various means. Therapeutic effects occur through regulation of functional disturbances in distributed neural circuitry. Further, focal stimulation…
