Medicine and Mental Illness: The Use of Drugs in Psychiatry

The authors begin with the basic principles of neuroscience, diagnoses of mental disorders, and the action of drugs in the brain. Through case studies and discussions of major research, they then describe the nature of such major mental illnesses as schizophrenia, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders, explaining what is known about the benefits, side effects, and limitations of various drug therapies. Originally published as "Drugs for Mental Illness", this revised edition includes: discussions of the latest developments in drug treatment; new findings on the biological bases of disorders; coverge of advances indiagnosis; new material on panic, phobia and obsessive compulsive disorders; and insight into the interplay between drug therapy and psychotherapy for each of the disorders discussed. The authors begin with the basic principles of neuroscience, diagnoses of mental disorders, and the action of drugs in the brain. Through case studies and discussions of major research, they then describe the nature of such major mental illnesses as schizophrenia, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders, explaining what is known about the benefits, side effects, and limitations of various drug therapies. Originally published as "Drugs for Mental Illness", this revised edition includes: discussions of the latest developments in drug treatment; new findings on the biological bases of disorders; coverge of advances indiagnosis; new material on panic, phobia and obsessive compulsive disorders; and insight into the interplay between drug therapy and psychotherapy for each of the disorders discussed.