Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Includes Patient Safety information on common pitfalls and errors in prescribing
About the Author
John P. Blass, MD, PhDProfessor of Neurology, Neuroscience and MedicineWeill Medical College of Cornell UniversityNew York, New York
Dr. Blass is one of the outstanding neurologists and neuroscientists in the United States. He is the neurology editor for Hazzard, Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology.
Table of Contents
Part I.
1. The Principles of CNS Therapeutics
2. Clinical Skills in Neurological and Psychiatric Therapeuticsa. The Complete Medication History
b. Bringing pharmacokinetics to the bedside
c. Bringing pharmacodynamics to the bedside
d. Critically evaluating drugs and therapeutic strategies
3. Drug Classes in CNS Therapeutics
Part II: Clinical Pharmacology in Specific Psychiatric Disorders
4. Mood Disorders: Depression, Mania and Variants
5. Psychoses: Schizophrenias and Others
6. Conduct Disorders, Including Alcoholism and Other Substance Abuse
7. Cognitive Disorders: Delirium, Dementias, and Others
8. Other Maladaptive Behavioral Syndromes: Neuroses, Anxiety States
Part III: Clinical Pharmacology of Neurologic Diseases and Disorders
9. Headaches, including Migraines and Daily Headache
10. Epilepsy
11. Demyelinating Diseases: Multiple Sclerosis and Others
12. Movement Disorders Including Parkinsonism and Other Degenerative Disorders
13. Diseases of the Autonomic Nervous System
14. Neuropathies, Cranial and Peripheral, Including Myathenias and Related Disorders
15. Vascular Damage to the CNS
16. Tumors of the CNS
17. Infections of the CNS
18. Trauma/ Mechanical Damage to the CNS
19. Neurological Manifestations of Systemic Diseases, Including Iatrogenic Illnesses
Part IV: Other Important Considerations in CNS Therapeutics and Pharmacology
20. CNS Pharmacology in Concurrent Non-CNS Disease
21. Patient Safety and Adverse Effects
22. Clinical Trials and Novel Targets in CNS Therapy
23. Tables of Drug Comparisons and Cross References: Agents and Toxicities