Handbook of Drug Therapy in Psychiatry - Hardcover

"Handbook of Drug Therapy in Psychiatry" is a practical guide to the effective and safe use of psychiatric drugs. Written for both general practitioners and specialists, the book examines the nature and effects of a variety of different drugs. The major chapter headings include: receptors, drugs and neurotransmitters; antipsychiatric drugs; tricyclic and heterocyclic antidepressants, electroconvulsive therapy; phobias; medical complications of psychiatric drugs; psychiatric drugs in pregnancy and lactation and psychopharmacology in children and adolescents.