Shader, Richard I., 1935-

Manual of psychiatric therapeutics / Richard I. Shader. - 3rd edition - Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2003. - xvii, 516 p. ; 22 cm. - Spiral manual .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1 Introduction: A Perspective on Contemporary Psychiatry as a Background to Psychopharmacology
2 The Mental Status Examination
3 Medical Evaluation of Psychiatric Patients and the Acute Treatment of Psychotropic Drug Overdose
4 Dissociative, Somatoform, and Paranoid Disorders
5 Delirium and Dementia
6 Obsessions and Compulsions and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
7 Tics, Tourette Disorder, and Related Problems
8 Disorders of Eating: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge-Eating Disorder
9 Treatment of Physical Dependence on Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, and Other Sedative-Hypnotics
10 Abuse and Dependence: Acute and Chronic Treatment
11 Alcoholism and Its Treatment
12 Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal
13 Pharmacologic Treatment of Personality Disorders: A Dimensional Approach
14 Approaches to the Treatment of Anxiety States
15 Treatment of Transient Insomnia
16 Bereavement Reactions and Grief
17 Assessment and Treatment of Suicide Risk
18 Approaches to the Treatment of Depression
19 Approaches to the Treatment of Manic-Depressive States (Bipolar Disorders)
20 Approaches to the Treatment of Schizophrenia
21 Approaches to the Psychopharmacologic
22 Diagnosis and Treatment of attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Youth and Adults
23 Medical use of hypnosis
24 Electroconvulsive Therapy
25 Seclusion as a Treatment modality
26 Use of physical Restraints as as an emergency Treatment
27 Rape and Sexual a sault
28 Understanding and assessing pain and pain syndromes
29 Drug interactions in y

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Mental illness--Chemotherapy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Mental illness--Treatment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Mental Disorders--drug therapy.
Mental Disorders--therapy.
Psychotropic Drugs--therapeutic use.

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