Antiepileptic Drugs to Treat Psychiatric Disorders (Medical Psychiatry)

Several antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) now have regulatory indications for treating bipolar disorder. There is growing evidence that AEDs in general have a variety of useful psychotropic effects. This book is the first comprehensive, clinically oriented, reference on the use of AEDs to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders such as mood, psychotic, anxiety, substance use, eating, and personality disorders. Written by the leading clinical experts, Antiepileptic Drugs to Treat Psychiatric Disorders : is organized by psychiatric disorder for easier information gathering, and enables the physician to use the text as a stand alone reference is the first comprehensive reference book clinically orientated to the use of AEDs to treat psychiatric disorders—other books have focused on drug mechanisms and drug interactions Mechanisms of action of antiepileptic drugs / Aaron P. Gibson and Nick C. Patel Antiepileptics in the treatment of epilepsy / Torbjörn Tomson Antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of neuropathic pain / David R.P. Guay The antiepileptic drugs and migraine prevention / Jan Lewis Brandes and K.M.A. Welch Antiepileptic medications in the treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with traumatic brain injury / Patricia Roy, Hochang Lee, and Vani Rao Antiepileptic drugs in intellectual disability and/or autism / Benjamin L. Handen and Maria McCarthy Treatment of acute manic and mixed episodes / Paul E. Keck, Jr., Susan L. McElroy, and Jeffrey R. Strawn The role of antiepileptic drugs in long-term treatment of bipolar disorder / Charles L. Bowden and Vivek Singh Antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder and bipolar depression / David E. Kemp ... [et al.] Role of antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of major depressive disorder / Erik Nelson Antiepileptics in the treatment of schizophrenia / Leslie Citrome Antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of anxiety disorders : role in therapy / Michael Van Ameringen ... [et al.] Antiepileptics in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal and alcohol use relapse prevention / Mark A. Frye ... [et al.] Antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of drug use disorders / Kyle M. Kampman Antiepileptics as potential aids to smoking cessation / Robert M. Anthenelli, Jaimee L. Heffner, and Candace S. Johnson Antiepileptic drugs in obesity, psychotropic-associated weight gain, and eating disorders / Susan L. McElroy ... [et al.] Antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of impulsivity and aggression and impulse control and cluster B personality disorders / Heather A. Berlin and Eric Hollander Antiepileptic drugs and borderline personality disorder / Mary C. Zanarini Antiepileptics in the treatment of sleep disorders / David T. Plante and John W. Winkelman Use of antiepileptics in fibromyalgia / Sharon B. Stanford and Lesley M. Arnold Psychotrophic mechanisms of action of antiepileptic drugs in mood disorder / Robert M. Post. Several antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) now have regulatory indications for treating bipolar disorder. There is growing evidence that AEDs in general have a variety of useful psychotropic effects. Antiepileptic Drugs to Treat Psychiatric Disorders is the first comprehensive, clinically oriented reference on the use of AEDs to treat a variety of psychiatric conditions such as mood, psychotic, anxiety, substance use, eating, and personality disorders. Written by the leading clinical experts, the book is organized by psychiatric disorder for easier information gathering, enabling physicians to use the text as a standalone reference. Several antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) now have pharmaceutical usage for treating bipolar disorder. There is growing evidence that AEDs have mood-stabilizing effects. This book is the first comprehensive, clinically oriented, reference on the use of AEDs to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders, and neuropsychiatric disorders