Psychopharmacology

Why is psychiatry such big business? Why are so many psychiatric drugs prescribed - 47 million antidepressant prescriptions in the UK alone last year - and why, without solid scientific justification, has the number of mental disorders risen from 106 in...

We are on the cusp of a major revolution in psychiatric medicine and neuroscience. After fifty years of prohibition, criminalisation and fear, science is finally showing us that psychedelics are not dangerous or harmful. Instead, when used according to...

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A stimulating account of interest to all students of neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology or biology - and of immense value to 'first timers' including undergraduates and A-level students. Written by one of the UK's leading brain science experts, it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999000806Author Ashley L PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Mental Health @ Home BooksPublisher Mental Health @ Home BooksWeight(grams) 152g

A life-saving book that you can carry anywhere you go! This jargon-free guide is suitable for all trainee and registered health professionals who require knowledge and understanding of drugs used in the treatment of mental health conditions for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739110109Author Andrew R GallimoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Strange Worlds PressPublisher Strange Worlds PressWeight(grams)...

Albert Hofmann, who died in 2008 aged 102, first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938, but the results of animal tests were so unremarkable that the chemical was abandoned. Driven by intuition, he synthesized it again in 1943, and...

Information about new psychotropic drugs, a summary of advances in knowledge about identifiable risk factors for adverse effects, and updated recommendations on viable "antidote" management strategies -- including novel pharmacotherapies for...

A challenging reappraisal of the history of antipsychotics, revealing how they were transformed from neurological poisons into magical cures, their benefits exaggerated and their toxic effects minimized or ignored.About the AuthorJoanna Moncrieff is a...

"Fascinating."-Thomas W. Hodgkinson, The Guardian "Richly detailed and frequently illuminating."-Rhys Blakely, Times (UK) "Excellent."-Clare Bucknell, New Yorker A New Yorker Best of the Week PickA provocative and original history of the scientists and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635579574Author Rachel NuwerFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 454g

Sacred Knowledge is the first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes, human consciousness, and revelatory religious experiences. Based on nearly three decades of legal research with volunteers,...

AS SEEN ON THIS MORNING'a fascinating and moving account of life working with people who too often society wants to forget'Dr Amanda Brown, author of THE PRISON DOCTOR'excellent and enlightening'Jonathan Levi and Emma French, authors of INSIDE...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615371525Author David MintzFormat PaperbackImprint American Psychiatric Association PublishingPublisher American Psychiatric Association...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641522687Author Emily KyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm *...

Psychiatry is an endlessly controversial endeavour, incorporating emotively-charged questions over the reality of mental illness, the medicalization of everyday life, and the role of nature versus nurture which cause constant discussion today, and on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527253582Author Lien Information Theory:Psychdelic Drug TechnologiesFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Strange Worlds PressPublisher Strange Worlds...

Out-of-print for years, and impossible to find Psychedelic Chemistry includes Marijuana THC and analogs, magic Mushrooms and other indole trips, mescaline and friends,harmaline and other beta-carbolines, muscimole and other isoxazoles, LSD, Cocaine,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954925175Author Ralph MetznerFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Four Trees PressPublisher Four Trees PressWeight(grams) 122g

Recent clinical trials show that psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin can be given safely in controlled conditions, and can cause lasting psychological benefits with one or two administrations. Supervised psychedelic sessions can reduce symptoms of...

What actually happens to you when you drink a cup of coffee?Is chocolate really an aphrodisiac? How do drugs like alcohol and cannabis work? Did psychedelics play a part in human evolution? In this fascinating little book, leading psychopharmacologist...

The breadth of the pharmaceutical medicine can be daunting, but this book is designed to navigate a path through the speciality. Providing a broad overview of all topics relevant to the discipline of pharmaceutical medicine, it gives you the facts fast,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527234765Author Andrew R GallimoreFormat HardbackPage Count 234Imprint Strange Worlds PressPublisher Strange Worlds PressWeight(grams) 594g

All of the titles in the Stahl's Illustrated series are designed to be fun. Concepts are illustrated by full-color images that will be familiar to readers of Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology, 3rd edition, and The Prescriber's Guide. The visual...

'The Globalization of Addiction' presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction. Scientific medicine has failed when it comes to addiction. There are no reliable methods to cure it, prevent it, or take the pain out of it. There is no durable...

Depression sucks. It's a debilitating illness that affects the mind and the body-and chances are that you or someone you love will battle depression at some point in your lifetime. This Is Depression is your guide through the darkness. A widely...

Personal accounts exploring the shift from mental illness to spiritual awakening. The first book in which people discuss their own spiritual emergencies and share what helped them through. Our authors are the experts of their own experience, and...

This book overturns the idea that psychiatric drugs work by correcting chemical imbalance and analyzes the professional, commercial and political vested interests that have shaped this view. It provides a comprehensive critique of research on drugs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615996209Author Peter C GotzscheFormat HardbackPage Count 222Imprint Institute for Scientific FreedomPublisher Institute for Scientific...

A classic in its field, Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Simple offers everything you need to know about the use of psychoactive medications in the treatment of childhood and adolescent psychological disorders in easy-to-understand...

This extensively revised second edition provides a user-friendly step-by-step manual on the range of psychotropic medications prescribed for children and adolescents by clinicians and nurse practitioners. Boasting nearly double the medications of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039136175Author James GreenblattFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 1070gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

Substance addiction is a chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by a compulsion to take a substance despite potential consequences. Addiction, second edition offers a clear and succinct overview of the brain science underpinning substance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101974513Author Tao LinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 132mm *...

This book is a direct response to a severe treatment gap in recognising, treating and managing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults. Affecting 3-4% of the global population, ADHD has long been considered a pediatric psychiatric...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826108432Author Peter R. BregginFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Springer Publishing Co IncPublisher Springer Publishing Co Inc

SEXUAL DEVIANCE The essential text for understanding and managing deviant sexual interest and paraphilic disorders Sexual Deviance is an authoritative text that provides an understanding to the assessment, management, and treatment of sexual deviance...

Fundamentals of Clinical Psychopharmacology provides up-to-date, evidence-based and unbiased information about psychopharmacology. It spans the range of the discipline, from mode of action and side effects of drugs to meta-analyses of clinical trials. It...

Defining ""medicalization"" as the perception of nonmedical conditions as medical problems and nondiseases as diseases, Thomas Szasz has devoted much of his career to exposing the dangers of ""medicalizing"" the conditions of some who simply refuse to...