Practical Psychopharmacology

Joseph Goldberg is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the University of California, Riverside, and Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge.

Part I. General Principles: 1. Core concepts of good psychopharmacology; 2. Targets of treatment: categories versus dimensions of psychopathology; 3. Interpreting and using the literature: integrating evidence-based trials with real-world practice; 4. Placebo and nocebo effects; 5. Tailoring the fit: moderators and mediators of treatment outcome; 6. Complex regimens and rationale-based combination drug therapies; 7. Laboratory values and psychiatric symptoms: what to measure, what not to measure, and what to do with the results; 8. Pharmacogenetics: when relevant, when not; 9. Cross-tapering and the logistics of drug discontinuation; 10. Managing major adverse drug effects: when to avoid, switch, or treat through; 11. Novel drug therapeutics: nutraceuticals, steroids, probiotics, and other dietary supplements; 12. Human diversity and considerations in special populations; Part II. Targets of Pharmacotherapy: 13. Disordered mood and affect; 14. Disorders of impulsivity, compulsivity, and aggression; 15. Psychosis; 16. Deficit states and negative symptoms; 17. Anxiety; 18. Addiction and the reward pathway; 19. Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder; 20. Personality disorders; 21. Cognition; 22. Putting it all together; References; Index.