Psychotherapist's Resource on Psychiatric

This is a concise and easily accessible introduction for psychotherapists to the treatment and referral issues that surround commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs. It provides an overview of psychopharmacology as it affects therapists' work with clients who are already using psychiatric medications or who potentially should be.

PART 1: PSYCHOTHERAPISTS AND PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINES

1

(11)

Referral Issues

3

(4)

Treatment Issues

7

(1)

Factors that Impact Effectiveness of Prescribed Medications

8

(4)

PART 2: HOW MEDICATIONS FUNCTION IN THE BODY AND THE BRAIN: PHARMACOKINETICS AND PHARMACODYNAMICS

12

(139)

Pharmacokinetics

12

(1)

Administration and Absorption of Medications

12

(2)

Distribution

14

(1)

Side Effects, Interactions, Contraindications, and Toxicity

15

(2)

Pharmacodynamics and the Neurological Basis of Mental Disorders

17

(14)

Conclusion

31

(1)

Web Resources for Professionals

32

(3)

Depression and Antidepressants: Bipolar Disorder and Lithium

35

(44)

Depression

35

(14)

Classes of Antidepressants

49

(12)

Depression in the Elderly

61

(2)

New Directions in Antidepressant Therapy

63

(1)

Bipolar Affective Disorder

63

(12)

Conclusion

75

(1)

Review Questions

76

(1)

Web Resources about Depression

76

(1)

Web Resources about Bipolar Disorder

77

(2)

Anxiety and the Anxiolytics: Sleep Disorders and the Hypnotics

79

(24)

Anxiety

79

(9)

Antianxiety Agents

88

(4)

Panic Attacks

92

(1)

Sleep Disorders

93

(7)

Review Questions

100

(1)

Web Resources about Anxiety

100

(1)

Web Resources about Sleep Disorders

101

(2)

Psychosis and the Antipsychotics

103

(30)

Schizophrenia

105

(8)

Antipsychotic Drug Action

113

(4)

Classification of Antipsychotic Drugs

117

(4)

Drugs That Can Produce Psychotic Symptoms

121

(7)

Drug-Induced Depression

128

(1)

Drug-Induced Organic Brain Syndrome

129

(1)

Review Questions

130

(1)

Web Resources about Schizophrenia

131

(2)

Pain and the Analgesics

133

(18)

Understanding the Characteristics of Pain

134

(1)

Pain Pathways

135

(1)

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment

136

(1)

Strategies for Delivery of Analgesics

137

(2)

Treatment with Narcotics

139

(1)

Classification of Narcotic Analgesics

140

(3)

Other Analgesics

143

(2)

Narcotic Abuse and Toxicity

145

(1)

Review Questions

146

(1)

Web Resources about Chronic Pain

146

(1)

Web Resources about Headache Pain

147

(1)

Web Resources about Fibromyalgia

148

(3)

APPENDIX A THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

151

(4)

The Central Nervous System (CNS)

151

(1)

Systems That Encompass Numerous Areas of the Brain

152

(1)

The Peripheral Nervous System

153

(2)

Glossary

155

(8)

References

163

(8)

Medications Index

171

(4)

Index

175

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Psychotherapist's Resource on Psychiatric Medications Issues of Treatment and Referral

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