Lickey, Marvin E.,  1937- <br/><br/>
Medicine and mental illness :  the use of drugs in psychiatry / 
Marvin E. Lickey and Barbara Gordon. 
 - New York :  W. H. Freeman,  c1991. 
 - xi, 459 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. +  pbk. 
<br/><br/> Rev. ed. of: Drugs for mental illness. c1983. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 383-443. - Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Background -- Drugs enter psychiatry -- How drugs work on the brain -- Diagnosing mental illness -- Schizophrenia -- Diagnosing schizophrenia -- Causes of schizophrenia -- Treatment of schizophrenia -- How antipsychotic drugs work -- Side effects of antipsychotic drugs -- Mood disorders -- Diagnosing mood disorders -- Psychosocial and biological correlates of depression -- Treating depression with tricyclic antidepressants -- Other treatments for depression -- The biology of depression and side effects of antidepressants -- Lithium and bipolar disorder -- Anxiety disorders -- Diagnosing anxiety disorders -- Treating anxiety with anxiolytic drugs -- Alcohol, anxiolytic drugs and addiction -- Treatment of panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder -- General issues -- The medical model of mental illness. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0716721953 (hbk) 0716721961 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>91009562 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Psychopharmacology.<br/>Affective disorders--Chemotherapy.<br/>Schizophrenia--Chemotherapy.<br/>Anxiety--Chemotherapy.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.8918