BAP Fundamentals Book
Fundamentals of Clinical Psychopharmacology
The book is available from the BAP Office
Edited by: Ian M Anderson, University of Manchester, Ian C Reid, University of Aberdeen
Published: July 2006
Cost: £31.50 + P&P
3rd Edition. Published under the auspices of the British Association for Psychopharmacology
This book is designed to serve as a source of clinically relevant information about drugs in the context of current knowledge about the biological basis of the disorders they treat. The book highlights practical issues in prescribing.
Contents
- Neuropharmacology and Drug Action
- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
- Antipsychotics
- Antidepressants and ECT
- ‘Mood Stabilisers’: Lithium and Anticonvulsants
- Anxiolytics
- Drugs of Abuse
- Drugs for Dementia
- Drugs for Personality Disorders and Rapid Tranquillisation
- Drug treatment for Childhood and Adolescent Disorders
- Clinical Trial Methodology
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In 2009, BAP contributed to the Medical Research Council’s Review of Mental Health Research. The Report has recently been published. A summary report may be found here; MRC Mental Health Research Summary Report. Professor Barbara Sahakian, who will become BAP President-elect later this month, has written an article in the Lancet “A UK strategy for mental health and wellbeing”, also available here; Lancet article