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Tables of Contents for The Pharmacologic Basis of Psychotherapeutics
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Special Guest Authors
ix
1
Editorial Advisory Committee
ix
4
List of Figures
xiii
2
List of Tables
xv
2
Foreword
xvii
8
Preface
xxv
4
Acknowledgments
xxix
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOTHERAPY
1
24
Introduction
1
4
Mechanisms of drug action
5
6
Age-dependent drug selection and response
11
12
Summary
23
2
CHAPTER 2 THE PSYCHOTROPICS
25
46
Introduction
25
1
Antidepressants and antimanics
26
10
Antipsychotics
36
10
Sedative-hypnotics
46
11
Opiate analgesics and antagonists
57
8
Amphetamines and other central nervous system stimulants
65
4
CNS stimulant section summary
69
1
Summary
70
1
CHAPTER 3 PHARMACOKINETICS AND PHARMACODYNAMICS
71
28
Introduction
71
1
Input: The serum concentration-time curve
72
5
Distribution
77
1
Output
78
12
Application
90
3
Therapeutic drug monitoring
93
1
Effect of age
94
1
Effect of disease
95
3
Summary
98
1
CHAPTER 4 ADMINISTRATION OF PSYCHOTROPICS
99
52
Introduction
99
1
Oral dosage forms
100
8
Sublingual and other transmucosal dosage forms
108
3
Rectal dosage forms
111
1
Intranasal dosage forms
112
2
Transdermal dosage forms
114
3
Injectable dosage forms
117
30
The confused, mentally retarded, or psychotic patient
147
1
Summary
148
3
CHAPTER 5 ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS
151
30
Introduction
151
4
Allergic, idiosyncratic, and pharmacologic ADRs
155
4
Toxic ADRs
159
1
ADRs associated with various drug interactions
160
1
ADRs involving specific body organ systems
160
19
Summary
179
2
CHAPTER 6 DRUG INTERACTIONS
181
12
Introduction
181
1
Types of drug interactions
181
11
Summary
192
1
REFERENCES
193
10
APPENDIX 1 Abbreviations
203
4
APPENDIX 2 Glossary
207
12
APPENDIX 3 Commonly Prescribed Psychotropics-Associated ADRs and Clinical Comments
219
12
APPENDIX 4 Major Clinically Significant Drug Interactions Involving the Psychotropics
231
22
Index
253