Biological Basis for Understanding Psychiatric Disorders and Treatments
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"The overall purpose of this chapter is to relate psychiatric disturbances and the psychotropic drugs used to treat them to normal brain structure and function. First, this chapter looks at the normal functions of the brain and how these functions are carried out from an anatomical and physiological perspective. Then, it reviews current theories of the psychobiological basis of various types of emotional and physiological dysfunctions. Finally, the chapter reviews the major drugs used to treat mental disorders, explains how they work, and identifies how both the beneficial and the problematic effects of psychiatric drugs relate to their interaction with various neurotransmitter-receptor systems."
ISBN
9781455728886
Publication Date
2013
Publisher
Elsevier
City
St. Louis, MO
Disciplines
Medical Anatomy | Medical Biochemistry | Medical Neurobiology | Nervous System | Neurosciences | Other Chemicals and Drugs | Other Psychiatry and Psychology | Pharmaceutical Preparations | Psychological Phenomena and Processes
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Gutierrez MA, Lam JT, Shaepper MA. Biological basis for understanding psychiatric disorders and treatments. In: Halter MJ, ed. Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. 7th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2013: 37-64.
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Elsevier
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In Margaret Jordan Halter (Ed.), Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 7th edition. Dr. Gutierrez's and Dr. Lam's chapter begins on page 37.