Product Description: Relying upon the best-selling third edition of Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology, Dr. Stephen M. Stahl has revised chapters covering antipsychotics and mood stabilizers for this third edition of Antipsychotics and Mood Stabilizers...read more

Antipsychotics are reviewed, including efficacy, adverse effects, pharmacokinetics, mechanisms of action, and dosing. Topics covered include metabolic effects of antipsychotic drugs, management of acute psychosis and more. Clinical issues in managemnt of this disease are reviewed.

Product Description: Drawn from the best-selling second edition of Essential Psychopharmacology, Steve Stahl has revised and updated the chapters covering antipsychotics and mood stabilizers in this separate volume. This new book covers the many dimensions of psychosis, particularly as associated with schizophrenia, and examines the role of dopamine in psychosis along with the various theories about the causes, pathophysiology, and treatment of schizophrenia...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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