Clinical Psychopharmacology: Principles and Practice

by S. Nassir Ghaemi

Clinical Psychopharmacology offers a comprehensive guide to clinical practice that explores two major aspects of the the clinical research that exists to guide clinical practice of psychopharmacology, and the application of that knowledge with attention to the individualized aspects of clinical practice. The text consists of 50 chapters, organized into 6 sections, focusing on disease-modifying effects, non-DSM diagnostic concepts, and essential facts about the most common drugs. This innovative book advocates a scientific and humanistic approach to practice and examines not only the benefits, but also the harms of drugs. Providing a solid foundation of knowledge and a great deal of practical information, this book is a valuable resource for practicing psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, medical students and trainees in psychiatry, as well as pharmacists.

Genres: Psychology, Psychiatry

598 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 5, 2018

About the author

Nassir Ghaemi MD MPH is an academic psychiatrist specializing in mood illnesses, depression and bipolar illness, and Editor of a monthly newsletter, The Psychiatry Letter (www.psychiatryletter.org).

He is Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, where he directs the Mood Disorders Program. He is a also a Clinical Lecturer at Harvard Medical School, and teaches at the Cambridge Health Alliance.

In the past, he trained and worked mostly in the Boston area, mainly in Harvard-affiliated hospitals (McLean Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Cambridge Hospital). He has also worked at George Washington University, and Emory University. His medical degree is from the Medical College of Virginia/​Virginia Commonwealth University.

His clinical work and research has focused on depression and manic-depressive illness. In this work, he has published over 200 scientific articles, over 50 scientific book chapters, and he has written or edited over half a dozen books. He is an Associate Editor of Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

After his medical training, he obtained an MA in philosophy from Tufts University in 2001, and a MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2004.

Born in Tehran, Iran, he immigrated to the US at the age of 5 with his family and was raised in McLean, Virginia by his father Kamal Ghaemi MD, a neurosurgeon and neurologist, and his mother Guity Kamali Ghaemi, an art historian. A graduate of McLean High School (1984), he received a BA in history from George Mason University (Fairfax, Virginia, 1986).

He is an active writer, and besides his books, newsletter, and scientific articles, he writes a column for Medscape.

Reviews

[mtognets]

Manuale che aiuta incredibilmente bene ad orientarsi sia nella diagnosi che nella terapia, con approccio Kraepeliniano offre tante chiavi di lettura non convenzionali su DSM e ricerca clinica.
Particolarmente di valore i concetti esposti di temperamento, gerarchia della diagnosi e validità, raggruppamento farmacologico, corso di malattia.

[Mark W. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Ghaemi gives a much needed alternative perspective to many of the published psychiatrists out there, who don't acurately present the research data and understand the statistics. This book gives me a breath of fresh air, and new insight into why I prescribe the way that I do.

[Andreas Korpassy · Rating 5 out of 5]

very practical,colorfull and down to earth!!

[Christine Horan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great overview of modern Kraeplinian psychiatric practice…I cannot recommend highly enough to all practicing psychiatrists.

[Publius · Rating 5 out of 5]

Controversial, but a brilliant and highly practical clinical handbook for psychiatric practice

[Shay Miles · Rating 5 out of 5]

A necessary tome by a heterodox thinker