Book contents
- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- College Seminars Series
- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Editor’s Note on Nomenclature
- Neuroscience-Based Nomenclature Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Basic Science and General Principles
- Chapter 1 A Brief History of Psychopharmacology
- Chapter 2 Psychiatric Drug Discovery and Development
- Chapter 3 Neurotransmission and Mechanisms of Drug Action
- Chapter 4 Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics
- Chapter 5 Pharmacogenomics and Psychopharmacology
- Chapter 6 Good Clinical Practice in Psychopharmacology
- Part 2 Psychopharmacology of the Main Psychotropic Drug Groups
- Part 3 Specific Therapeutic Areas
- Index
- References
Chapter 4 - Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics
from Part 1 - Basic Science and General Principles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 May 2020
- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- College Seminars Series
- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Editor’s Note on Nomenclature
- Neuroscience-Based Nomenclature Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Basic Science and General Principles
- Chapter 1 A Brief History of Psychopharmacology
- Chapter 2 Psychiatric Drug Discovery and Development
- Chapter 3 Neurotransmission and Mechanisms of Drug Action
- Chapter 4 Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics
- Chapter 5 Pharmacogenomics and Psychopharmacology
- Chapter 6 Good Clinical Practice in Psychopharmacology
- Part 2 Psychopharmacology of the Main Psychotropic Drug Groups
- Part 3 Specific Therapeutic Areas
- Index
- References
Summary
Pharmacokinetics refers to the effects the body has upon a consumed drug, by considering a variety of processes which a dug undergoes during its time within the body. In contrast pharmacodynamics can be considered as the effects a drug has upon the body that has consumed it, by considering the drug’s effects at its principal sites of action. Safe and effective therapeutic management of drugs for individual patients requires application of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles to enhance efficacy and minimize toxicity. Chapter 5 (Pharmacogenomics and Psychopharmacology) provides a detailed review of the genes relevant for drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. As such these issues are only dealt with briefly in this chapter.
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- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology , pp. 124 - 150Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020