
Massachusetts General Hospital Psychopharmacology and Neurotherapeutics
- 2nd Edition - September 2, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Theodore A. Stern, Joan A. Camprodon, Maurizio Fava
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 9 7 2 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 9 7 3 - 6
Offering user-friendly, authoritative guidance on cutting-edge psychopharmacologic and somatic treatments for psychiatric and neurologic conditions, Massachusetts General Hospital… Read more
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Request a sales quote- Brings you up-to-date information on key topics in the field, including the application of anticonvulsants, anxiolytics, mood stabilizers, and psychostimulants; drug–drug interactions; side effects; treatment adherence; and more
- Includes detailed coverage of antidepressants, antipsychotics, and antianxiety medications, as well as advances in caring for patients with treatment-resistant depression and new legal considerations when prescribing psychotropics
- Covers recent progress on the use of neurotherapeutic interventions, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, vagal nerve stimulation, and deep brain stimulation
- Contains a new chapter on the pharmacotherapy of movement disorders (derived from Stern et al.’s MGH Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, 8th Edition)
- Features a user-friendly, highly templated format with abundant boxed summaries, bulleted points, case histories, algorithms, updated references, and suggested readings
- Offers updated DSM-5-TR criteria alongside peerless, hands-on advice from members of the esteemed MGH Department of Psychiatry
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Practicing psychiatrists, psychologists, internists, and nurse practitioners
2. Treatment Adherence
3. Pharmacological Approaches to Depression and Treatment-Resistant Depression
4. Lithium and Its Role in Psychiatry
5. The Use of Antiepileptic Drugs in Psychiatry
6. The Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety Disorders
7. Pharmacotherapy of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Across the Life Span
8. Natural Medications in Psychiatry
9. Antipsychotic Drugs
11. Pathophysiology, Psychiatric Co-morbidity, and Treatment of Pain
12. Psychiatric Illness During Pregnancy and the Post-partum Period
13. Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications
14. Drug–Drug Interactions in Psychopharmacology
15. Pharmacotherapy of Neurocognitive Disorders and Dementia
16. Pharmacotherapy of Substance Use Disorders
17. Pharmacotherapy of Sexual Disorders and Sexual Dysfunction
18. Device Neuromodulation and Brain Stimulation Therapies
19. Legal Considerations for Mental Health Providers
- Edition: 2
- Published: September 2, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443119729
- eBook ISBN: 9780443119736
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Theodore A. Stern
Dr. Theodore A. Stern is the Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the field of Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation at Harvard Medical School (HMS), Chief Emeritus of The Avery D. Weisman, Psychiatry Consultation Service, and Director of the Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Stern has co-authored more than 550 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and he has edited or authored more than 60 books (including the MGH Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, the MGH Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation, Learning About Psychopharmacology, Facing Overweight and Obesity, Facing Pelvic Pain, Facing Memory Loss and Dementia, Facing Serious Mental Illness, and the MGH Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams). Dr. Stern is a Past-President of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) and is the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of its journal, Psychosomatics (now called Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry). He has won the coveted “Best Teacher Award” from the graduating residents at the MGH/McLean Hospital Psychiatric Residency Training Program, the Cynthia N. Kettyle Teaching Award from the HMS Department of Psychiatry, the MGH Department of Psychiatry’s Award for Exceptional Mentorship in the Clinical Realm, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Liaison Psychiatry, and the Thomas P. Hackett Award from the ACLP (its highest honor).
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