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Book Reviews: The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychopharmacology, Second Edition. Edited by Alan F. Schatzberg and Charles B. Nemeroff, American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, 1998, 1095 pp., $120 (hardcover)

Book Reviews: The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychopharmacology, Second Edition.... Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1999 Book Reviews The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psycho- informative chapters. However, the detailed review of some animal models of mental disorders is too pharmacology, Second Edition. Edited by Alan F. Schatzberg and Charles B. Nemeroff, Ameri- specialized for the general, clinically oriented reader. can Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, 1998, I was surprised by the lack of discussion of various 1095 pp., $120 (hardcover). areas of psychoneuroendocrinology, such as hyper- thyroidism and melatonin, in the chapter on neuroen- Like it or not, psychopharmacology has gradu- docrine and immune system pathology in psychiat- ally become a centerpiece of modern-era clinical psy- ric disease. chiatry. The proliferation of information about psy- The second section contains 17 chapters: "Tricy- chotropic drugs and the emergence of an entire new clics and Tetracyclics"; "Selective Serotonin Reup- multidisciplinary field, neuropsychopharmacology, take Inhibitors"; "Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors"; have been remarkable. Various new psychopharma- "Trazodone, Nefazodone, Bupropion, and Mirtazap- cology books, textbooks, guides, and cookbooks ap- ine"; "Benzodiazepines"; "Nonbenzodiazepine An- xiolytics"; "Venlafaxine"; "Antipsychotic Medica- pear almost-monthly. However, every clinician would like to have one standard psychopharmacology text tions"; "Atypical Antipsychotics"; "Treatment of to elicit answers to clinical psychopharmacology Extrapyramidal http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Clinical Psychiatry Springer Journals

Book Reviews: The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychopharmacology, Second Edition. Edited by Alan F. Schatzberg and Charles B. Nemeroff, American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, 1998, 1095 pp., $120 (hardcover)

Balon, Richard
Annals of Clinical Psychiatry , Volume 11 (2) – Oct 13, 2004
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Copyright © 1999 by American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists
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Medicine & Public Health; Neurology; Psychiatry; Psychopharmacology
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Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1999 Book Reviews The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psycho- informative chapters. However, the detailed review of some animal models of mental disorders is too pharmacology, Second Edition. Edited by Alan F. Schatzberg and Charles B. Nemeroff, Ameri- specialized for the general, clinically oriented reader. can Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, 1998, I was surprised by the lack of discussion of various 1095 pp., $120 (hardcover). areas of psychoneuroendocrinology, such as hyper- thyroidism and melatonin, in the chapter on neuroen- Like it or not, psychopharmacology has gradu- docrine and immune system pathology in psychiat- ally become a centerpiece of modern-era clinical psy- ric disease. chiatry. The proliferation of information about psy- The second section contains 17 chapters: "Tricy- chotropic drugs and the emergence of an entire new clics and Tetracyclics"; "Selective Serotonin Reup- multidisciplinary field, neuropsychopharmacology, take Inhibitors"; "Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors"; have been remarkable. Various new psychopharma- "Trazodone, Nefazodone, Bupropion, and Mirtazap- cology books, textbooks, guides, and cookbooks ap- ine"; "Benzodiazepines"; "Nonbenzodiazepine An- xiolytics"; "Venlafaxine"; "Antipsychotic Medica- pear almost-monthly. However, every clinician would like to have one standard psychopharmacology text tions"; "Atypical Antipsychotics"; "Treatment of to elicit answers to clinical psychopharmacology Extrapyramidal

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