Austin Allan 
Essentials of Clinical Psychopharmacology [EPUB ebook] 

Psychopharmacology is the scientific study of the effects drugs have on mood, sensation, thinking, and behavior.This book isto help clinicians to use pharmacogenomic testing to improve the pharmacotherapy that they provide for their patients.Clinical examples are used to underscore the specific indications for pharmacogenomic testing and to clarify the clinicalusefulness of identifying atypical genotypes that result in problematic responses to medication. This is an excellentintroduction to the future of personalized medicine, which without a doubt will strike psychiatry. The contents provide acomprehensive text suitable as both a pithy introduction to and a clear summary of the"science to solutions"continuum inthis developing field of Medicine and Integrative Neuroscience. It takes a unique approach in discussing recent findingswithin the context of current issues, including economic and political ones. This is a text for practitioners who treat mentaldisorders with medication. It explains the entire process of medication assessment, management and follow up for generalmedical practitioners, mental health practitioners, students, residents, prescribing nurses and others perfecting this skill.