Stahl's essential psychopharmacology : neuroscientific basis and practical applications / Stephen M. Stahl.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chemical neurotransmission -- Transporters, receptors and enzymes as targets of psychopharmacological drug action -- Ion channels as targets of psychopharmacological drug action -- Psychosis, schizophrenia, and the neurotransmitters networks dopamine, serotonin, and glutamate-- Targeting dopamine and serotonin receptors for psychosis, mood, and beyond: so- called "Antipsychotics" -- Mood disorders and the neurotransmitter network norepinephrine and aminobutyric acid (GABA) -- Treatments for mood disorders: so-called "antidepressants" and "mood stabilizers" -- Anxiety, trauma and treatment-- Chronic pain and its treatment -- Disorders of sleep and wakefulness and their treatment: neurotransmitter networks for histamine and orexin-- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and its treatment -- Dementia: causes, symptomatic treatments, and the neurotransmitter network acetylcholine -- Impulsivity, compulsivity and addiction.

"For this 5th edition of Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology you will notice that every figure in the book has been revised, refreshed and updated with new colors, shading and outlining. About half the figures are entirely new. The number of chapters has decreased by one, with merger of mood stabilizers into treatments for mood disorders; the text itself and the total number of figures and tables are all approximately the same in length and number, although all chapters have been edited, most of them extensively with the details of what has changed listed below. The number of references has now been doubled. Overall, 14 drugs have new uses and indications presented, and 18 brand new drugs are introduced and discussed"-- Provided by publisher.