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Response Variability to Psychotropic Drugs
- 1st Edition
- Editor: W. Janke
- Language: English
This volume comprises papers written following the XXll World Congress of Psychology in Leipzig, 1980, on the response variability to psychotropic drugs. They give an overview of… Read more
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This volume comprises papers written following the XXll World Congress of Psychology in Leipzig, 1980, on the response variability to psychotropic drugs. They give an overview of the research of various investigators in the area of differential psychopharmacology. The theoretical and practical importance of the explanation of drug response variability by psychological factors, is discussed in relation to psychology, pharmacology and pharmacotherapy.
Of interest to psychologists, pharmacologists, psychiatrists and pharmaceutical industries.
(partial) Preface. Drug Response Variability: Pharmacological Foundations: Pharmacokinetic factors: some basic principles and their influence on psychotropic drug response. Drug Response Variability: Overview of Contributing Factors: Response variability to psychotropic drugs: overview of the main approaches to differential pharmacopsychology. Somatic factors as predictors of psychotropic drug response. Drug Response Variability and Personality: Psychopharmacology and personality. Sedation threshold and personality differences. Personality factors in self-medication by smoking. Differential effects of a tranquilizing drug and personality traits. Acute and chronic effects of antidepressants in normal subjects considering personality traits.
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published:
- Imprint: Pergamon
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W. Janke
Affiliations and expertise
University of Wurzburg, FRG