Book Description

Offering user-friendly, authoritative guidance on cutting-edge psychopharmacologic and somatic treatments for psychiatric and neurologic conditions, Massachusetts General Hospital Psychopharmacology and Neurotherapeutics, 2nd Edition, helps you put today's best approaches to work for your patients. Composed of topical chapters primarily from the third edition of Stern et al.’s Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, this fully revised resource focuses on current psychotropic treatments, electroconvulsive therapy, and neurotherapeutics, making it an ideal quick reference for psychiatrists, psychologists, internists, and nurse practitioners. 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.