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The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology is an indispensable and comprehensive resource for clinicians and trainees who prescribe psychotropic medications. Updated to reflect the new DSM-5 classification, this revised Fifth Edition maintains the user-friendly structure of its predecessors while offering in-depth coverage of the latest research in pharmacological principles, classes of drugs, and psychiatric disorders. Introductory chapters provide a theoretical grounding in clinical applications, with topics ranging from neurotransmitters to brain imaging in psychopharmacology. The bulk of the book is devoted to various classes of drugs, including antidepressants, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and other agents, with each class divided into chapters on specific drugs—either new or revised to include the latest findings and trends. Finally, the section on psychopharmacological treatment addresses evidence-based principles of clinical care for the full spectrum of mental disorders and conditions—from depression to chronic pain—as well as for specific populations and circumstances—from children and adolescents to psychiatric emergencies—offering information on topics such as medication selection, combination and maintenance dosing regimens, monitoring and management of side effects, and strategies for optimizing treatment response. The book's beneficial features are many: • The section on principles of pharmacology has been revised and reorganized to incorporate recent discoveries from the fields of neurobiology, genetics, brain imaging, and epidemiology. • History and discovery, structure–activity relationships, pharmacological profiles, pharmacokinetics and disposition, mechanisms of action, indications and efficacy, side effects and toxicology, and drug–drug interactions are addressed for each agent. This consistent structure places the desired information at the clinician's fingertips and facilitates study for trainees. • Coverage of drugs approved since the last edition is thorough, encompassing new antidepressants (e.g., vortioxetine), new antipsychotics (e.g., cariprazine), and agents on the clinical horizon (e.g., ketamine). • More than 180 tables and graphs present critically important data in an accessible way. A work of uncommon scientific rigor and clinical utility, The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology provides state-of-the-art information on both the principles and the practice of psychopharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders.

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This comprehensive, up-to-date reference on present day psychotropics thoroughly reviews the basics of psychopharmacology and individual drugs. The chapters on treatment tend to be a bit thin, although they cover all the evidence-based research. Unfortunately, while these chapters cover the basic must know information, they do not help with the management of the many complicated patients we encounter on a daily basis. The useful appendix at the end of the book covers both approved and off-label uses of various medications including dosing. -- Michael Easton, MD(Rush University Medical Center) * Doody *

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Alan F. Schatzberg, M.D., is Kenneth T. Norris Jr. Professor of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California. He is also the Director of the Mood Disorders Center at Stanford University. Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D., is Leonard M. Miller Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida.

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