Drugs enter psychiatry -- How drugs work on the brain -- Diagnosing mental illness -- Diagnosing Schizophrenia -- Causes of Schizophrenia -- Treatment of Schizophrenia -- How antipsychotic drugs work -- Side effects of Antipsychotic drugs -- Diagnosing mood disorders -- Psychosocial and biological correlates of depression -- Treating depression with tricycic antidepressants -- Other treatments for depression -- The biology of depression and side effects of antidepressants -- Lithium and bipolar disorder -- Diagnosing anxiety disorders -- Treating anxiety with anxiolytic drugs -- Alcohol, anxiolytic drugs and addiction -- Treatment of panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder -- The medical model of mental illness.
Note
Rev. ed. of: Drugs for mental illness. c1983.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-443) and index.