Medicine and mental illness : the use of drugs in psychiatry / Marvin E. Lickey and Barbara Gordon.
By: Lickey, Marvin E
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Contributor(s): Gordon, Barbara | Lickey, Marvin E. Drugs for mental illness.
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BookPublisher: New York : W. H. Freeman, c1991Description: xi, 459 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0716721953 (hbk); 0716721961 (pbk).Subject(s): Psychopharmacology | Affective disorders -- Chemotherapy | Schizophrenia -- Chemotherapy | Anxiety -- ChemotherapyDDC classification: 616.8918 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 616.8918 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00071386 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Beginning with the basic principles of neuroscience, diagnoses of mental disorders, and the action of drugs in the brain, the book goes through case studies and discussions of major research. It then describes the benefits, side effects, and limitations of various drug therapies.
Rev. ed. of: Drugs for mental illness. c1983.
Bibliography: p. 383-443. - Includes index.
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.