Pharmacology: Psychiatry — Medical Library

Psychiatry · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Referencia experta sobre los grandes grupos de psicofármacos — mecanismos de acción, farmacocinética, perfiles de efectos adversos, manejo de toxicidad e interacciones, con correlaciones clínicas y consideraciones en poblaciones especiales.

What it covers

1. Pharmacology in Psychiatry
2. SSRIs — Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
3. · Drugs in the group — differential profile
4. · Adverse class effects
5. SNRI, Atypical and Multimodal Antidepressants
6. · SNRI — Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors
7. · Atypical and multimodal antidepressants
8. Tricyclic antidepressants and MAOIs
9. · Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCA)
10. · MAOIs — Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
11. Serotoninergic syndrome
12. · Hunter Criteria — Clinical Diagnosis
13. Typical Antipsychotics (First Generation)
14. · Classification by power
15. · Pimozide — Special feature
16. Atypical Antipsychotics (Second Generation)
17. · Comparative receptor affinity profile — Clozapine as a prototype
18. · Comparative profile of metabolic adverse effects
19. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
20. · Classical clinical tetrad
21. Extrapyramidal Effects (EPS) Induced by Antipsychotics
22. Lithium
23. · Pharmacokinetics and monitoring
24. Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers
25. Benzodiazepines
26. · Classification by half-life and clinical application
27. Non-Benzodiazepine Hypnotics and Buspirone
28. Psychopharmaceuticals in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
29. Geriatric Psychopharmacology
30. · "Start low, go slow" principle and anticholinergic load
31. Drugs for ADHD
32. Drug Interactions and Suspension of Psychotropic Drugs
33. · Interactions mediated by cytochrome P450 — psychiatric relevance
34. · Discontinuation syndromes