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The Pharmacologic Basis of Psychotherapeutics (Hardcover)
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The Pharmacologic Basis of Psychotherapeutics (Hardcover)
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The traditional boundary lines within the professional practice of
psychology are changing, and major practice issues, such as
prescription and hospital admitting privileges for psychologists,
need to be expediently and adequately addressed. As many
psychologists have come to realize, appropriate pharmacotherapy can
be a useful adjunct to psychotherapy. Even professionals who do not
use psychotropics in their own practice require at least a minimum
degree of knowledge about the effects of these drugs on their
patients. For example, a school counselor with an understanding of
anticonvulsant drugs or methylphenidate, may be better able to plan
an optimal program for learning disabled child who uses these
drugs.
The Pharmacologic Basis of Psychotherapeutics starts with a brief
history (written by guest author Patrick DeLeon) of the movement to
obtain prescription privileges for psychologists, including the
arguments on both sides of the issue. It then describes the various
purported mechanisms by which psychotropic drugs elicit their
effects in the human body. The various drugs are introduced, and
the processes of absorption, distribution and elimination, as well
as the influence of age and disease on these processes are also
discussed. Attention is given to the methods of administration,
adverse reactions, and drug interactions.
Based on the authors' experience in teaching pharmacopsychology,
this text reflects their concern that psychologists be provided
with a reference source that is both pharmacologically correct and
specifically relevant to the expanded professional practice of
psychology. Because it assumes no prior knowledge of
pharmacotherapy, this book is appropriatefor the graduate
psychology student or post-graduate psychologist in clinical
practice. An Editorial Advisory Committee, comprised of
distinguished academics, researchers, and clinical psychologists
was established to help ensure that the focus and leveling of the
book was appropriately directed to the needs and abilities of both
graduate psychology students and psychologists.
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