In the last 20 years much work has been done on the influence of brain biochemistry on mood and behaviour and on pharmacological approaches to treating mental and emotional disorders. Partly as a result of this fact, a large proportion of patients who consult psychotherapists are already on medication of some sort. This book presents an overview of psychopharmacology for psychotherapists. It is designed to help them to treat patients in a way that takes into account the effects of the medication, and to recognize when some kind of pharmacological assistance might be useful in treating a disorder.
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With the extraordinary growth in understanding the biochemical workings of the brain, psychotherapy is experiencing its most profound transition in the 20th century: from couches to pills. This book is an essential guide to the chemical treatment of disorders such as ADD, anxiety, bipolar disorders, depression and other conditions. Highly recommended to clinical psychologists, counselors and social workers, and also to patients, current or future, being treated with pharmacological substances.
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Robert O. Pasnau, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles Chief of Staff, Neuropsychiatric Institute Hospital Assistant Dean, School of Medicine It is extremely useful for those psychiatrists, like me, who as psychotherapists are becoming increasingly convinced that combined pharmacology and psychotherapy is the treatment of choice of the majority of our patients. Most of my patients want to know why and how medications work, and they are becoming increasingly knowledgeable about side effects and dependency.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Very useful for psychologists.,
This review is from: Psychotherapist'S Guide To Psychopharmacology: Second Edition (Hardcover)
This is an excellent book, written by an expert who clearly has worked in the trenches. Loads of clinical wisdom right on the money. Essential for psychologists, whether seeking prescription privileges or not.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Basic but essential ..,
By Steven H Simon (Lansdale, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Psychotherapist's Guide to Psychopharmacology (Hardcover)
I'm a clinical psychologist. You need to have this book . You need to understand the psychopharmacology of your patients. Lots of interesting and important information regarding Dx and the effects of Rx. The only problem with this book is (as you know) things are changing so fast that we need a new edition.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Superb Reference,
By Ferdinand (Toronto) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Psychotherapist'S Guide To Psychopharmacology: Second Edition (Hardcover)
This is an absolutely fantastic reference book! Learn everything the doctors don't tell you, including relevant physiology and brain chemistry, differential diagnosis, contraindications and side effects. Read this book and talk to the doctors almost at their own level. I am a layperson who bought this book while a close relative was being assessed and treated for schizophrenia. NOTE: The soft cover edition for sale here is an earlier edition - make sure to buy the latest!
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In the last twenty-five years, we in the mental health field have witnessed a veritable of new information that has shifted the emphasis from the more psychoanalytically based models and treatments that dominated psychiatry and psychology for the preceding thirty years to descriptive and biological ones. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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In the last twenty-five years, we in the mental health field have witnessed a veritable of new information that has shifted the emphasis from the more psychoanalytically based models and treatments that dominated psychiatry and psychology for the preceding thirty years to descriptive and biological ones. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
acute unipolar depression, psychopharmacological consultation, most psychopharmacologists, entire daily dose, injectable antipsychotics, urinary hesitation, treating mood disorders, antipanic effects, cyclic antidepressants, hysteroid dysphoria, postpsychotic depression, split treatment, split model, sedating antipsychotics, panic patients, prominent mood symptoms, unipolar patients, mood syndrome, treating panic disorder, maintenance antipsychotics, continuation treatment, monoamine hypothesis, dopamine blockers, medication class, nonbarbiturate sedatives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Trade Name, Third Edition, American Psychiatric Association, Desk Reference, Consensus Development Panel, Consensus Conference New!
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