Psychopharmacology: A Concise Overview for Students and Clinicians, 2nd Edition - Softcover

Ansari MD, Arash; Osser MD, David N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1503171116 ISBN 13: 9781503171114

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, A CONCISE OVERVIEW FOR STUDENTS AND CLINICIANS, 2nd Edition, is an evidence-based overview of basic pharmacological therapies commonly used in psychiatry. The biological and clinical aspects of the use of antidepressants, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and ADHD and substance use disorder medications are briefly discussed. Following each section, an updated table with the clinical characteristics, dosing, and indications of both older and newer medications is included. Newer antidepressants and antipsychotics are also discussed. This book is an expansion and update of the authors’ previous book for medical students. Both prescribing and non-prescribing clinicians and therapists, who need to have a functional familiarity with available pharmacotherapies, may benefit from this overview. Finally, others with an academic or personal interest in this topic are also likely to find this book useful.

About this title

About the Author:

Arash Ansari, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He teaches psychopharmacology to psychiatric residents in the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program and to 3rd and 4th year medical students at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ansari was the recipient of the Department of Psychiatry Brigham and Women’s / Faulkner Hospital's 2008 Arthur R. Kravitz, M.D. Award for Excellence in Psychiatric Teaching and Education. He practices psychiatry in Cambridge, Massachusetts. David N. Osser, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He teaches in the Harvard South Shore Psychiatry Residency Training Program based at the VA Boston Healthcare System in Brockton, MA, where he has won an Outstanding Teacher Award in seven out of fourteen years. He is an author of numerous articles and chapters on psychopharmacology, especially on evidence-supported algorithms. In 2012 the American Psychiatric Association and the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry selected him for their Research Membership Award “in recognition of substantial and formative contributions to the mentoring of students and residents throughout a distinguished career in psychiatric research.” Dr. Ansari and Dr. Osser do not have any affiliations with the pharmaceutical industry.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1503171116
• ISBN 13: 9781503171114
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 234