Main description:

The emergence and rapid growth of pharmacotherapy in professional psychology practice has the potential for a significantly broad audience. Written by psychologists for psychologists, this unique resource spells out the essential psychobiosocial areas of emphasis involved in prescribing psychotropics within a clinical psychology practice. In addition, the book provides an introduction to the qualifying exam for psychologists seeking specialty training in psychopharmacology: The Psychopharmacology Examination for Psychologists (PEP). The simulating PEP-like practice test, available on the companion CD-ROM, allows psychologists-in-training to gain confidence by developing mastery over the exam-specific challenges while helping to reduce anxiety by exposing students to real-like simulations.

Contents:

Integrating Care: A Foreword on Changing Times ix Patrick H. DeLeon Jack G. Wiggins About the Editors xv About the Contributors xvii List of Illustrations xxiii List of Tables xxv Chapter 1 Medical Psychology: Definitions, Controversies, and New Directions 1 Bret A. Moore, Mark Muse Chapter 2 Integrating Clinical Psychopharmacology Within the Practice of Medical Psychology 17 Mark Muse, Bret A. Moore Chapter 3 Neuroscience 45 Ken Fogel, George M. Kapalka Chapter 4 Nervous System Pathology 107 Mark Muse, Jonathan M. Borkum, Massi Wyatt Chapter 5 Physiology and Pathophysiology 193 Lawrence R. Kotkin Chapter 6 Biopsychosocial and Pharmacological Assessment and Monitoring 241 Robert D. Younger Chapter 7 Differential Diagnosis in Medical Psychology 283 Kevin M. McGuinness, Michael R. Tilus, Erin M. McGuinness, Mary Y. Sa Chapter 8 Pharmacology 321 Randall Tackett Chapter 9 The Practice of Clinical Psychopharmacology 353 William J. Burns, Lenore Walker, Jose A. Rey Chapter 10 Research in Clinical Psychopharmacology 431 Robert E. McGrath Chapter 11 Professional, Legal, Ethical, and Interprofessional Issues in Clinical Psychopharmacology 457 Lisa Cosgrove, Bret A. Moore Epigraph 483 Index 485 About the CD-ROM 499