Ethno - psychopharmacology

di Ng - Lin - Singh - Chiu • 2008 • dettagli prodotto

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No one reacts or responds to a drug in exactly the same way, just as no two persons are exactly alike. This book covers all the important factors that explain how and why drug treatments used in psychiatry affect individuals and ethnic groups differently.Table of Contents Foreword Mario MajAcknowledgementsContributors1. Introduction Isaac Schweitzer2. Culture and psychopathology Juan Mezzich, M. Angeles Ruiperez and Helena Villa3. Culture and ethnicity in psychopharmacotherapy Keh-Ming Lin, Chia-Hui Chen, Shu-Han Yu and Sheng-Chang Wang4. Ethnic differences in psychotropic drug response and pharmacokinetics Timothy Lambert, Trevor Norman5. Pharmacogenetics of ethnic populations Min-Soo Lee, Rhee-Hun Kang and Sang-Woo Hahn6. Variation in psychotropic responses in the Chinese population Tian-Mei Si7. Variations in psychotropic response in the Hispanic population Deborah L. Flores and Ricardo Mendoza8. Identifying interethnic variations in psychotropic response in African-Americans and other ethnic minorities William B. Lawson9. Complementary medicines in mental disorders Xin Yu10. Cultural factors and the use of psychotropic medications Chee H. Ng and Steven Klimidis11. Outpatient prescribing practices in Asian countries Pichet Udomratn and Chee H. Ng12. Psychiatric inpatient psychotropic prescribing in East Asia Chay-Hoon Tan13. Pharmaco-economic implications for Asia and other economically disadvantaged countries Norman Sartorius14. Integrating theory, practice and economics in psychopharmacology Keh-Ming Lin, Chun-Yu Chen, Chia-Hui Chen, Jur-Shan Cheng and Sheng-Chang Wang15. Research directions in ethno-psychopharmacology Chee H. Ng