Written by psychiatrists from the US and Turkey, who comment on the clinical implications of the scientific literature, the nine chapters cover developmental aspects of pediatric
psychopharmacology, and the diagnosis, treatment, choice of medication, epidemiology, differential diagnosis, course and outcome, rationale and justification for psychopharmacological treatment, safety issues, and other aspects of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, disruptive behavior disorders and aggression, anxiety disorders, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorders, autism and other pervasive developmental disorders, tic disorders, and early schizophrenia and psychotic illnesses.
Over the past few years, the shine seems to have worn off and
psychopharmacology appears to be in limbo between the serendipitous but aging discoveries of the past and the exciting but unfulfilled promise of future breakthroughs.
of Maryland School of Medicine), the 18 chapters of this text are presented with the aim of updating and reflecting recent developments in
psychopharmacology trials.
A 1992 study of nicotine replacement therapy reported in the journal
Psychopharmacology concluded that the "overall lack of effect [of the patch] on cigarette consumption is perhaps surprising and suggests that in regular smokers the lighting up of a cigarette is generally triggered by cues other than low plasma nicotine levels."
Chippers differed from dependent smokers in a number of ways, Shiffman reports in the April
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. Dependent smokers reported numerous signs of withdrawal, such as irritability and cigarette craving, after an enforced overnight abstinence; chippers appeared unaffected by the deprivation and reported regularly abstaining from smoking for days at a time.
Wagner said at a
psychopharmacology update held by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
of California at San Diego) presents 150 multiple-choice self-assessment questions, with answers and explanations, derived from his Online Master
Psychopharmacology Program and aligned with his Essential
Psychopharmacology textbook, for psychiatry students specializing in
psychopharmacology and practitioners seeking certification or recertification.
Duplicative services involve a patient receiving psychotherapy or
psychopharmacology from [greater than or equal to]2 clinicians; the latter is more common.
Study guide to clinical
psychopharmacology; a companion to The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of
psychopharmacology, 4d ed.
MedWorks Media (New York), the publisher of Mental Fitness,
Psychopharmacology Bulletin and Trends in Evidence-Based Neuropsychiatry, has begun the publication of two new Journals, including CS-Chronic Comorbidity in CNS Medicine and Mental Fitness DDP (Doctor Directed publication).
has been appointed editor of
Psychopharmacology Update, and the publication has been renamed The Brown University
Psychopharmacology Update.
After 1985, the first randomized clinical trial to assess the benefits of MDMA as an adjunct to psychotherapy in MDMA was carried out in 2011.3 It involved twenty patients with chronic PTSD 'refractory to both psychotherapy and
psychopharmacology.'3 This study found the rate of clinical response in patients receiving MDMA (83%) to be significantly higher than the group that received placebo (25%).
