Abstract

Introduction 1. Principles of treatment 2. Neuropharmacology 3. Behavioural studies in animals and humans 4. Biological aspects of psychiatry 5. The evaluation of treatment 6. Social and economic aspects of prescribing 7. Pharmokinetics 8. Depression and antidepressants 9. Manic-depressive illness and lithium 10. Psychoses and antipsychotic medication 11. Anxiety and antianxiety medication 12. Sleep disorders and hypnotic drugs 13. Drug treatment in children 14. Drug treatment in the elderly 15. Drugs of abuse 16. Miscellaneous disorders and drugs 17. Electroconvulsive therapy and brain surgery 18. Epilogue: changing perspectives Index

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