Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications

by Stephen M. Stahl

Book Overview

The eagerly anticipated fifth edition of Dr Stahl's essential textbook of psychopharmacology is here Using Dr Stahl's unique 'visual language', the book is the single most readable source of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521673763
• ISBN13: 9780521673761
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 1117 Pages
• Weight: 4.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.8" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

AMAZING PRICE lots of highlighting but I don’t care!!

A great price for an older text, but is invaluable in the field of psychopharmacology. I asked all of the medical staff at my personal psychiatrist’s office and they all told me Stahl is the standard. So I am very happy to have it in my hands for less than $5

Stahl is a must-read for those interested in psychopharmacology

More than one professor with whom I have worked have called Stahl their "hero." Although some professionals disagree with some of his assertions, I have not spoken to one colleague who hasn't been impressed by his insights and ability to present information in a clear fashion. Even if you find other books on psychopharmacology that you like better, you can't go wrong with getting Stahl's perspective on the topic. If you are very serious minded, then his diagrams might seem a little "cutesy" at times. However, for visual learners his diagrams highlight neurological mechanisms so you can get a clear picture in your mind about different mechanisms of action. Obviously, these physiological mechanisms are not as simplistic as drawn, but the drawings give the reader a clearer picture of what he is writing about. If you are serious about learning the essentials of psychopharmacology, then this is a great book to read.

After reading Essential Psychopharmacology:Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications

Almost all of us might feel that the psychopharmacology is complex and difficult to understand.But this book solves the problems.A lot of figures help us understand the psychopharmacology easily. I think that this book is essential to anyone who is interested in psychopharmacology.Illustrations in this book are clear and impressive. After reading this book the psychiatrists will be able to visualize the figures in this book when they treat the patients.For example if they treat a depressed patient,they will be able to visualize some figures in this book.One of them might be serotonergic projections from raphe to frontal cortex.Another might be monoamine receptor hypothesis of depression.This visualization make them understand deeply why they prescreibe the SSRIs for depressed patients.The visualization of the figures will be the good method for approaching the treatment.It will be the good method for diagnosing complex symptoms too.Psychiatrists should do not only thinking but also visualizing what is going on within the nervous system. And they should visualize during not only facing this book but also facing patients. Such practices of the visualization will help them understand deeply about psychopharmacological basis of psychotic state.I think such practice (bedside visualization)is the practice of Essential Psychopharmacology. And I think doing this practice will improve the quality of psychiatric treatment.How high quality this book is!

Very effective and funny book

I just finished an introductory course on psychopharmacology and I studied the book the way it is advised: first go through all the images and then go thgrough the text and the images. I must say it was very effective and very easy to memorize most of the information. Bonus on top of that is the fact that the images (and the text at some points) are very funny :-)

Concise, to the point, state of the art psychopharmacology.

Wonderful visuals, CD ROM helps visualize complex receptor interactions. Mechanisms of drugs and of psychiatric illness summarized in a very easy and fun learning experience. Worth every penny.

A very simple overview of psychopharmacology

This book is a very simple overview to the world of psychopharmacology. It gives very simple illustrations about drug actions using cartoon figures. Complex chemical structures of psychotropic drugs and their interactions with the biological systems were excluded. It also excluded explainations about complex brain structures and functions as well as the drugs' pharmacologies. Nevertheless, this book gives an interesting overview about psychotropic drugs and their actions to different kinds of neurons.