Full Description
Thoroughly updated in a Third Edition, Dr. Shader's popular Spiral(R) Manual is a practical, authoritative, easy-to-use guide to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. This edition features new chapters on pharmacotherapy for children and youth and on pain management and an expanded chapter on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in youth and adults. Coverage also includes complete updates on all psychotropic drugs and an expanded, totally revamped chapter on drug interactions. A new appendix presents a bibliography of algorithms for psychopharmacology and lists Websites to consult for updated iterations. This edition is also available electronically for handheld computers. See PDA listing for details.
Contents
IntroductionBackground to Psychopharmacology............................................................. 1Richard I. ShaderThe Mental Status Examination ..................................................................... 9Richard I. ShaderMedical Evaluation of Psychiatric Patients and the Acute Treatment ofPsychotropic Drug Overdose ......................................................................... 17Richard I. Shader, Judith E. Tintinalli, and Suzanne R. WhiteDissociative, Somatoform, and Paranoid Disorders....................................... 52Richard I. Shader and Katharine A. PhillipsDelirium and Dementia................................................................................... 64Sandra A. Jacobson and Richard I. ShaderObsessions and Compulsions and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ............ 73Richard I. ShaderTics, Tourette Disorder, and Related Problems ............................................. 81Barbara J. Coffey and Richard I. ShaderDisorders of Eating: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, andBinge-Eating Disorder .................................................................................... 94W. Stewart AgrasTreatment of Physical Dependence on Barbiturates,Benzodiazepines, and Other Sedative-Hypnotics.......................................... 103Richard I. Shader, Domenic A. Ciraulo, and David J. GreenblattOpioid Abuse and Dependence: Acute and Chronic Treatment .................... 115Richard I. Shader and John A. Renner, Jr.Alcoholism and Its Treatment......................................................................... 127Domenic A. Ciraulo, Richard I. Shader, and Ann Marie CirauloTreatment of Alcohol Withdrawal ................................................................... 143Richard Saitz, Domenic A. Ciraulo, Richard I. Shader, andAnn Marie CirauloPharmacologic Treatment of Personality Disorders:A Dimensional Approach................................................................................ 169James M. Ellison and Richard I. ShaderApproaches to the Treatment of Anxiety States............................................. 184Richard I. Shader and David J. GreenblattTreatment of Transient Insomnia ................................................................... 210Richard I. Shader and David J. GreenblattBereavement Reactions and Grief ................................................................. 220Richard I. Shader and Wayne A. UryAssessment and Treatment of Suicide Risk .................................................. 229Richard I. ShaderApproaches to the Treatment of Depression ................................................. 240Ronald W. Pies and Richard I. ShaderApproaches to the Treatment of Manic-Depressive States(Bipolar Disorders) ......................................................................................... 271Richard I. ShaderApproaches to the Treatment of Schizophrenia............................................. 285Richard I. Shader
