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Author Lickey, Marvin E., 1937-

Title Medicine and mental illness : the use of drugs in psychiatry / Marvin E. Lickey and Barbara Gordon.

Publication Info. New York : Freeman & Co., [1991]
©1991

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  616.8918 L711M    Check Shelf
Description xi, 459 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents 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.
Subject Psychopharmacology.
Affective disorders -- Chemotherapy.
Schizophrenia -- Chemotherapy.
Anxiety -- Chemotherapy.
Affective Disorders, Psychotic -- drug therapy.
Anxiety Disorders -- drug therapy.
Psychotropic Drugs -- therapeutic use.
Schizophrenia -- drug therapy.
Added Author Gordon, Barbara, 1942-
Lickey, Marvin E., 1937- Drugs for mental illness.
ISBN 0716721953 hardcover
0716721961 soft
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