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Cafer's Antipsychotics

Author : Jason Cafer

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Page : pages

File Size : 18,65 MB

Release : 2020-07-05

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ISBN : 9781735090115

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Cafer's Psychopharmacology is an essential resource for any prescriber of psychiatric medication. Filled with pictures, this book makes complex concepts easy to understand and provides tools for remembering more than you thought possible.To help you match trade names with generic names of 40 medications, this book features mascots akin to the Xyzal "Wise Owl" and Myrbetriq Bladder characters.Each medication's mascot is incorporated into a visual-mnemonic framework designed for recollection of pharmacokinetic interactions. For instance, CYP2C19 substrates are represented as flowers with CYP2C19 inhibitors as watering cans to make the flowers grow. CYP1A2 substrates are trees to be chopped down by axes (CYP1A2 inducers). In addition to antipsychotics, this book features medications used for treatment of antipsychotic-induced side effects, including dopamine-depleting agents and anticholinergics.



Cafer's Psychopharmacology

Author : Jason Cafer

Publisher : Cafermed LLC

Page : 306 pages

File Size : 17,35 MB

Release : 2020-11

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ISBN : 9781735090146

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Cafer's Psychopharmacology is an essential resource for any prescriber of psychiatric medication. Filled with pictures, this book makes complex concepts easy to understand and provides tools for remembering more than you thought possible. To help you match trade names with generic names of 270 medications, this book features mascots akin to the Xyzal "Wise Owl" and Myrbetriq Bladder characters. Each medication's mascot is incorporated into a visual-mnemonic framework designed for recollection of pharmacokinetic interactions. For instance, CYP2C19 substrates are represented as flowers with CYP2C19 inhibitors as watering cans to make the flowers grow. CYP1A2 substrates are trees to be chopped down by axes (CYP1A2 inducers). Lithium is a battery and anything that interferes with its renal excretion is depicted as a battery charger.



Hidden Valley Road

Author : Robert Kolker

Publisher : Anchor

Page : 427 pages

File Size : 48,46 MB

Release : 2020-04-07

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0385543778

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. "Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us face: mental illness." —Oprah Winfrey Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family? What took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institute of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amid profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations. With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love, and hope.



Psychopharmacology Algorithms

Author : David Osser

Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Page : 384 pages

File Size : 22,67 MB

Release : 2020-09-22

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1975151216

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Algorithms serve an important purpose in the field of psychopharmacology as heuristics for avoiding the biases and cognitive lapses that are common when prescribing for many conditions whose treatment is based on complex data. Unique in the field, this title compiles twelve papers from the Psychopharmacology Algorithm Project at the Harvard South Shore Psychiatry Residency Training Program and presents practical ways to adopt evidence-based practices into the day-to-day treatment of patients. Psychopharmacology Algorithms is a useful resource for practicing psychiatrists, residents, and fellows, as well as psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychiatric physician assistants who prescribe, advanced practice pharmacists who prescribe, and primary care clinicians. Teachers of psychopharmacology may find it particularly valuable. Researchers in clinical psychopharmacology may find it helpful in identifying important practice areas that are in need of further study.



Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness

Author : Anne Harrington

Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company

Page : 477 pages

File Size : 37,51 MB

Release : 2019-04-16

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 1324001976

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“Superb… a nuanced account of biological psychiatry.” —Richard J. McNally In Mind Fixers, “the preeminent historian of neuroscience” (Science magazine) Anne Harrington explores psychiatry’s repeatedly frustrated efforts to understand mental disorder. She shows that psychiatry’s waxing and waning theories have been shaped not just by developments in the clinic and lab, but also by a surprising range of social factors. Mind Fixers recounts the past and present struggle to make mental illness a biological problem in order to lay the groundwork for creating a better future.



Antipsychotic Trials in Schizophrenia

Author : T. Scott Stroup

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : pages

File Size : 12,59 MB

Release : 2010-04-01

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1139487574

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Antipsychotic medications are a key treatment for schizophrenia and sales of antipsychotic drugs approach $20 billion per year, with fierce marketing between the makers of the drugs. The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health sponsored the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) project to provide independent information about the comparative effectiveness of medications. CATIE was the largest, longest and most comprehensive study of schizophrenia to date. Conducted under rigorous double-blind conditions, Antipsychotic Trials in Schizophrenia presents the definitive archival results of this landmark study. The core of the book consists of chapters focused on specific outcomes that set the CATIE findings in a wider context. Also included are chapters on the design, statistical analyses and implications for researchers, clinicians and policy makers. Psychiatrists, psychiatric researchers, mental health policy makers and those working in pharmaceutical companies will all find this to be essential reading.



Antipsychotics and their Side Effects

Author : David M. Gardner

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 19,1 MB

Release : 2010-11-11

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780521132084

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With the remarkable expansion in the use of antipsychotics, concerns about their immediate, intermediate, and long-term adverse effects have intensified. Despite this, studies consistently show that monitoring of patients taking antipsychotics can be inadequate, haphazard, or worse. This book provides a comprehensive review of the adverse effects of this pharmacologically complex therapeutic class, covering all commonly used conventional and atypical agents. In the first section, each chapter provides background information about an adverse effect, reviews the evidence linking the effect to various antipsychotics, and provides specific detection and monitoring recommendations. The second section provides unique monitoring guides for each antipsychotic. The third section provides the clinician with a program to monitor patients over the long-term. By supporting rational treatment decisions and systematic adverse effect monitoring, Antipsychotics and Their Side Effects provides the clinician with the necessary information and tools for optimizing the safe and effective long-term use of antipsychotic drugs.



Tietz Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests - E-Book

Author : Alan H. B. Wu

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : 1857 pages

File Size : 16,8 MB

Release : 2006-06-08

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1437719872

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This new edition of Norbert Tietz's classic handbook presents information on common tests as well as rare and highly specialized tests and procedures - including a summary of the utility and merit of each test. Biological variables that may affect test results are discussed, and a focus is placed on reference ranges, diagnostic information, clinical interpretation of laboratory data, interferences, and specimen types. New and updated content has been added in all areas, with over 100 new tests added. - Tests are divided into 8 main sections and arranged alphabetically. - Each test includes necessary information such as test name (or disorder) and method, specimens and special requirements, reference ranges, chemical interferences and in vivo effects, kinetic values, diagnostic information, factors influencing drug disposition, and clinical comments and remarks. - The most current and relevant tests are included; outdated tests have been eliminated. - Test index (with extensive cross references) and disease index provide the reader with an easy way to find necessary information - Four new sections in key areas (Preanalytical, Flow Cytometry, Pharmacogenomics, and Allergy) make this edition current and useful. - New editor Alan Wu, who specializes in Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology, brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this edition. - The Molecular Diagnostics section has been greatly expanded due to the increased prevalence of new molecular techniques being used in laboratories. - References are now found after each test, rather than at the end of each section, for easier access.



Cafer's Mood Stabilizers and Antiepileptics

Author : Jason Cafer

Publisher : Cafermed LLC

Page : 68 pages

File Size : 13,79 MB

Release : 2020-05-16

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ISBN : 9781735090108

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From the Cafer's Psychopharmacology series, Mood Stabilizers and Antiepileptics is an essential resource for any prescriber of psychiatric medication. Filled with pictures, this book makes complex concepts easy to understand and provides tools for remembering more than you thought possible. To help you match trade names with generic names of medications, this book features mascots akin to the Xyzal "Wise Owl" and Myrbetriq Bladder characters. Each medication's mascot is incorporated into a visual-mnemonic framework designed for recollection of pharmacokinetic interactions. For instance, CYP2C19 substrates are represented as flowers with CYP2C19 inhibitors as watering cans to make the flowers grow. CYP1A2 substrates are trees to be chopped down by axes (CYP1A2 inducers). Lithium is a battery and anything that interferes with its renal excretion is depicted as a battery charger. This book includes a subset of 46 medication mascots from Cafer's Psychopharmacology, which contains 270. Medications chosen for this edition include lithium, FDA-approved medications for seizure disorders (encompassing all non-lithium mood stabilizers) and all available benzodiazepines and barbiturates (several of which are antiepileptics). Medication mascots included: Lamotrigine (Lamictal), valproate (Depakene, Depakote), carbamazepine (Tegretol), oxcarbazepine (Trileptal), gabapentin (Neurontin), pregabalin (Lyrica), topiramate (Topamax), levetiracetam (Keppra), phenytoin (Dilantin), zonisamide (Zonegran), lacosamide (Vimpat), ethosuximide (Zarontin), eslicarbazepine (Aptiom), rufinamide (Banzel), felbamate (Felbatol), brivaracetam (Briviact), tiagabine (Gabitril), perampanel (Fycompa), cenobamate (Xcopri), vigabatrin (Sabril), cannabidiol (CBD, Epidiolex), phenobarbital (Luminal), primidone (Mysoline), butabarbital (Butisol), mephobarbital (Mebaral), butalbital (Fioricet), secobarbital (Seconal), pentobarbital (Nembutal), amobarbital (Amytal), thiopental (Sodium Pentothal), alprazolam (Xanax), clonazepam (Klonopin), lorazepam (Ativan), diazepam (Valium), temazepam (Restoril), chlordiazepoxide (Librium), triazolam (Halcion), clorazepate (Tranxene), oxazepam (Serax), flurazepam (Dalmane), estazolam (Prosom), quazepam (Doral), clobazam (Onfi), midazolam (Versed), and flumazenil (Romazicon). There is also a monograph on Virtual Darkness Therapy for bipolar mania.



First Episode Psychosis

Author : Katherine J. Aitchison

Publisher : CRC Press

Page : 152 pages

File Size : 43,70 MB

Release : 1999-02-17

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9781853174353

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The new edition of this popular handbook has been thoroughly updated to include the latest data concerning treatment of first-episode patients. Drawing from their experience, the authors discuss the presentation and assessment of the first psychotic episode and review the appropriate use of antipsychotic agents and psychosocial approaches in effective management.