Antiepileptic Drugs to Treat Psychiatric Disorders 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.

Antiepileptic Drugs to Treat Psychiatric Disorders is organized by psychiatric disorders for easier information gathering, and enables the physician to use the text as a stand alone reference.

Contents

1. Mechanisms of Action of Antiepileptic Drugs
2. Antiepileptics in the Treatment of Epilepsy
3. Antiepileptic Drugs in the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain
4. The Antiepileptic Drugs and Migraine Prevention
5. Antiepileptic Medications in theTreatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury
6. Antiepileptic Drugs in Intellectual Disability and/of Autism
7. Treatment of Acute Manic and Mixed Episodes
8. The Role of Antiepileptic Drugs in Long-Term Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
9. Antiepileptic Drugs in the Treatment of Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder and Bipolar Depression
10. Role of Antiepileptic Drugs in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
11. Antiepileptics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
12. Antiepileptic Drugs in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Role in Therapy
13. Antiepileptic in the Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal and Alcohol Use Relapse Prevention
14. Antiepileptic Drugs in the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders
15. Antiepileptic as Potential Aids to Smoking Cessation
16. Antiepileptic Drugs in Obesity, Psychotropic-Associated Weight Gain, and Eating Disorders
17. Antiepileptic Drugs in the Treatment of Impulsivity and Aggression and Impulse Control and Cluster B Personality Disorders
18. Antiepileptic Drugs and Borderline Personality Disorder
19. Antiepileptics in the Treatment of Sleep Disorders
20. Use of Antiepileptics in Fibromyalgia
21. Psychotrophic Mechanisms of Action of Antiepileptic Drugs in Mood Disorder

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