Psychopharmacology of Animal Behaviour Disorders [Hardcover]

Nicholas H. Dodman (Editor), Louis Shustr PhD (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1998

Increasingly, veterinarians are called on to treat behavioural disorders in companion pets such as cats, dogs and horses, which can often develop aggressive compulsive or other antisocial habits. In America, veterinarians are beginning to treat these disorders with psychotropic drugs such as Prozac, which have already been shown to yield good results in humans. In the UK, these drugs cannot yet be used on animals, but a number of pharmaceutical companies are developing derivatives for use in animal practice and these products are eagerly awaited. The effects are expected to be as far-reaching as tranquillisers and antidegressants were when they were introduced into human medicine.

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Psychopharmacology of Animal Behavior Disorders provides state of the art information about the newly expanding field of veterinary pharmacology. It is a multi-authored text by leading authorities in behavioral pharmacology and covers the main problems of aggression, fears and phobias, and compulsive behaviors. There are also sections on the control of unwanted sexual behavior and the management of geriatric behavioral problems in domestic small animals.

About the Author

Dr. Nicholas H. Dodman is a professor and Head of the Section of Veterinary Medicine. He is also a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behavior (DACVB). He is author of two recent books, The Dog Who Loved Too Much: Tails, Treatment and Psychology of Dogs (Bantam) and The Cat Who Cried For Help: Attitudes, Emotions and the Psychology of Cats (Bantam).

Dr. Louis Shuster is a professor of Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Neuroscience at Tufts University School of Medicine as well as a faculty member on the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 332 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 063204358X
• ISBN-13: 978-0632043583
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,392,850 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #52 in Books > Medical Books > Pharmacology > For Veterinarians

More About the Author

Nicholas H. Dodman is a world-renowned animal behaviorist and the best-selling author of the immensely popular The Dog Who Loved Too Much, The Cat Who Cried for Help, and, most recently, The Well-Adjusted Dog. He has appeared on Oprah, the Today Show, Good Morning America, 20/20, and CNN, among many other television and radio programs. He is a professor and the director of the Animal Behavior Clinic at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.