Psychopharmacogenetics

Adult and child psychiatric disorders, including mood disorders, psychosis, substance abuse, and dementia, represent a large source of disability in the general population. The urgency to develop new treatments that may have better efficacy and tolerance is explained by the fact that none of the tre...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gorwood, Philip (Editor), Hamon, Michel (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction on Psychopharmacogenetics
  • Genetics of Anxiety and Related Disorders: Implications for Pharmacogenetics
  • Major Depressive Disorders: Depressive Disorders
  • Pharmacogenetics of Biopolar Disorders
  • Psychopharmacogenetics of Schizophrenia and Psychosis
  • Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
  • Pharmacogenetics of Alcohol-Dependence
  • Eating Disorders and Obesity
  • Neuropsychlpharmacogenetics: Stimulating Rationale Therapy in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism and Autistic Disorders
  • Genetics of Monoamine Metabolizing Enzymes: Psychopharmacogenetics
  • Transduction Mechanisms: G Proteins
  • Monoamine Transporters
  • Dopamine Receptors: Structure, Function and Implication in Psychiatric Disorders
  • The Neurobiology of GABA Receptors
  • Cytochromes P450
  • Sexual Dysfunction: Neurobiological, Pharmacological, and Genetic Consideration
  • Drug-Induced Movement Disorders
  • Cardiac Side Effects of Psychotropic Medication: Focus on QTe Prolongation and TdP
  • Glossary.