In this abridged version of the editors' The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychopharmacology, Schatzberg (psychiatry, Stanford University) and Nemeroff (psychiatry, Emory University)
present information on psychiatric drugs and their effects. A section on classes of drugs reviews data on preclinical and clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, indications, dosages, and side
effects. This second edition adds new material on electroconvulsive therapy and new drugs. A section on psychopharmacological treatment reviews therapeutic approaches to patients with major
psychiatric disorders and to those in specific populations. Annotation 穢2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
