Dan J. Stein is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cape Town. Bernard Lerer is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Biological Psychiatric Laboratory at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem. Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of San Diego and Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge.

'Essential Evidence-Based Psychopharmacology would be a very good text for psychiatrists in practice and especially those who have recently graduated from a residency training program and are beginning their practice.' David L. Dunner, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

• Preface; Foreword; 1. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Brigitte S. Vaughan, John S. March and Christopher J. Kratochvil; 2. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of schizophrenia Stefan Leucht, Stephan Heres, Werner Kissling and John M. Davis; 3. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder Matthew J. Taylor and John R. Geddes; 4. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of major depressive disorder Jamie M. Dupuy, Michael J. Ostacher, Jeffrey Huffman, Roy H. Perlis and Andrew A. Nierenberg; 5. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of panic disorder Neeltje M. Batelaan, Anton J. L. M. Van Balkom and Dan J. Stein; 6. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of social anxiety disorder Carlos Blanco, Laura B. Bragdon, Franklin R. Schneier and Michael R. Liebowitz; 7. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of generalised anxiety disorder David S. Baldwin, Sarah Waldman and Christer Allgulander; 8. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of obsessive-compulsive disorder Naomi A. Fineberg, Angus Brown and Ilenia Pampaloni; 9. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of posttraumatic stress disorder Jonathan C. Ipser and Dan J. Stein; 10. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of eating disorders Martine F. Flament, Hany Bissada and Wendy Spettigue; 11. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of nicotine and alcohol dependence Wim van den Brink; 12. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of illicit substance use disorders Wim van den Brink; 13. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of Alzheimer's disease Darren Cotterell and Martin Brown; 14. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of personality disorders Luis H. Ripoll, Joseph Triebwasser and Larry J. Siever; Index.

Dan J. Stein is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cape Town. Bernard Lerer is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Biological Psychiatric Laboratory at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem. Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of San Diego and Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge.

'Essential Evidence-Based Psychopharmacology would be a very good text for psychiatrists in practice and especially those who have recently graduated from a residency training program and are beginning their practice.' David L. Dunner, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

• Preface; Foreword; 1. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Brigitte S. Vaughan, John S. March and Christopher J. Kratochvil; 2. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of schizophrenia Stefan Leucht, Stephan Heres, Werner Kissling and John M. Davis; 3. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder Matthew J. Taylor and John R. Geddes; 4. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of major depressive disorder Jamie M. Dupuy, Michael J. Ostacher, Jeffrey Huffman, Roy H. Perlis and Andrew A. Nierenberg; 5. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of panic disorder Neeltje M. Batelaan, Anton J. L. M. Van Balkom and Dan J. Stein; 6. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of social anxiety disorder Carlos Blanco, Laura B. Bragdon, Franklin R. Schneier and Michael R. Liebowitz; 7. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of generalised anxiety disorder David S. Baldwin, Sarah Waldman and Christer Allgulander; 8. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of obsessive-compulsive disorder Naomi A. Fineberg, Angus Brown and Ilenia Pampaloni; 9. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of posttraumatic stress disorder Jonathan C. Ipser and Dan J. Stein; 10. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of eating disorders Martine F. Flament, Hany Bissada and Wendy Spettigue; 11. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of nicotine and alcohol dependence Wim van den Brink; 12. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of illicit substance use disorders Wim van den Brink; 13. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of Alzheimer's disease Darren Cotterell and Martin Brown; 14. Evidence-based pharmacotherapy of personality disorders Luis H. Ripoll, Joseph Triebwasser and Larry J. Siever; Index.