Stress: The brain-body connection. Edited by D.H. Hellhammer, J. Hellhammer. Karger, Basel 2008. ISBN-978-3-8055-8295-7. pages: 173

✍ Scribed by Brian E. Leonard

• Book ID: 102266735
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 33 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6222
• DOI: 10.1002/hup.995

✦ Synopsis

This book is now in its fourth edition and aims to provide up to date drug information for the busy clinician. The authors take into account recent advances including diagnostic refinement and new mechanisms of action. Consideration is also given to modifications in current pharmacotherapies to provide better tolerability and enhanced efficacy for example isolation of stereoisomers (e.g. escitalopram, eszopiclone), the identification of principal active metabolites (e.g. palliperidone, desvenlafaxine succinate) and availability of different human psychopharmacology