Key concepts in psychopharmacology david nutt
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drugs are one of the key treatment modalities in psychiatry, so an understanding of their pharmacology is critical for all people involved in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. this contribution covers the key elements of drug pharmacology. it explains their target proteins, either receptors or enzymes, and how drugs’ specificity can vary. in addition, key aspects of agonist efficacy and dose–effect responses, partial agonists and the meaning and effects of antagonists and inverse agonists are described. Key examples relevant to psychiatry are used.
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ECNP Summit on the future of CNS drug research in Europe 2011: report prepared for ECNP by David Nutt and Guy Goodwin.
In early March 2011 the European College of Neuropsy2. Enhance research. chopharmacology (ECNP) hosted a summit to consider the implications and consequences of the abrupt withdrawal of a number of major pharmaceutical companies from key areas of neuroscience research and development in brain disorders and psychopharmacology in particular. This paper presents the recommendations of the summit p...
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