Case Studies in Psychopharmacology

From a review of the first edition: 'The first excellent review of the drug treatment of a wide variety of presentations of mental illness...a reliable, up-to-date, comprehensive source of information on the practical use of psychotrophic medicines.' - The Pharmaceutical Journal

• 1. Rapid tranquillization 2. Non-refractory schIzophrenia 3. Refractory schizophrenia 4. ManagIng adverse effects of clozaplne 5. Negative symptoms 6. Treatment of psychosis in people with 7. Treatment of psychosis breastfeeding 8. Atypicals and hyperglycaemla 9. Adherence to antipsychotic medication 10. DepressIon with anxiety symptoms 11. Sub-optimal use of antidepressants 12. Antidepressant prophylaxis and discontinuation symptoms 13. Refractory depression 14. Treatment of depression in people with epilepsy 15. Treatment of depression in cardiovascular disease 16. Panic disorder 17. Obsessive-compulsive disorder 18. Mania 19. Bipolar disorder: Unlicensed treatments 20. Lithium prophylaxis, withdrawal and use in pregnancy 21. Rapid-cycling bipolar affective disorder 22. Antidepressant-Induced switching in bipolar affective disorder 23. Atypical antipsychotics in bipolar disorder 24. DepressIon in the elderly 25. Psychosis in the elderly 26. Alzheimer’s disease 27. Use of atypical antipsychotics to treat behavioural symptoms of dementia 28. Self-Injurious behaviour and learning disabilities 29. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 30. ChIldhood depression 31. Alcohol detoxification and the maintenance of abstinence 32. Methadone initiation 33. Eating disorder — anorexia nervosa 34. Sleep disturbance 35. Complementary therapies