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The book focuses on the prediction and optimization of pharmacological treatment of psychiatric patients. Topics covered include the importance of accurate psychiatric diagnosis, medical problems which can mimic psychiatric illness, and the interface between psychiatric illness and opiate addiction and alcoholism. Current literature on predicting responses to antidepressants, lithium, antipsychotics and antianxiety agents is summarized. This practical guide also offers details on the state-of-the-art uses of blood levels in psychiatric practice for each class of drugs as well as other useful information in tables, graphs and flow charts.
Abstract: A collection of papers presented at an FDA symposium describes the influences of foods and drugs on thedevelopment and functioning of nervous systems. Neurobehavioral development and maintenance include both neurobiological and neurochemical development of the brain and are affected by nutritional influences. Methods for assessing neurotoxicity and current status of neurotoxicity screening procedures are described. Specific research is detailed briefly. Finally, current issues in neurotoxicity such as food colors, amino acids, vitamins and megavitamins,drug/diet interaction, nutrients as drugs, dietary control of behavior, anticonvulsant drugs, and fetal alcohol syndrome are discussed. (rkm).
Volume 15 of Handbook of Psychopharmacology represents the first of a new series of volumes whose aim is to bring earlier sections of the work up to date by describing the latest developments in the field. It is now seven years since the first Handbook volumes on Basic Neuropharmacology were published, and there have been many important advances. As in many other areas in science, progress in this field has depended to a considerable extent on the availability of new experimental methods, and Volume 15 reviews some major recent developments, including new autoradiographic techniques that allow direct visualization of drug and transmitter receptors in the nervous system, and the pinpointing o...