Psychopharmacology: Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

Description

Psychopharmacology is the scientific study of the effects drugs have on mood, sensation, thinking, and behavior. This book is to help clinicians to use pharmacogenomic testing to improve the pharmacotherapy that they provide for their patients. Clinical examples are used to underscore the specific indications for pharmacogenomic testing and to clarify the clinical usefulness of identifying atypical genotypes that result in problematic responses to medication. This is an excellent introduction to the future of personalized medicine, which without a doubt will strike psychiatry. The contents provide a comprehensive text suitable as both a pithy introduction to and a clear summary of the “science to solutions” continuum in this developing field of Medicine and Integrative Neuroscience. It takes a unique approach in discussing recent findings within the context of current issues, including economic and political ones. This is a text for practitioners who treat mental disorders with medication. It explains the entire process of medication assessment, management and follow up for general medical practitioners, mental health practitioners, students, residents, prescribing nurses and others perfecting this skill.