The Best New Pharmacology Books To Read In 2025

A comprehensive resource for mental health professionals—now in a fully revised and updated tenth edition. The Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Therapists is the gold standard for mental health clinicians looking for clear, reliable information about the pharmacological treatment of mental health conditions. Organized by disorder and, within each disorder, by medication, this book is designed to familiarize clinicians and students with the basic terminology and models of psychopharmacology.

This fully revised and updated tenth edition provides essential information on medications and treatment options, and includes the latest research on side effects, contraindications, and efficacy of all major medications prescribed for mental health disorders. This handbook makes it simple to:. Get the facts about drug interactions and side effects   Find out how medications affect adults, children, and adolescents differently   Learn how different cultures view medical treatment—vital information for anyone treating clients from a variety of backgrounds   Discontinue medication safely when needed     The book also includes new material on novel and emerging medications, ethnopsychopharmacology, genomic testing, and psychopharmacology with older adults. This comprehensive guide to psychopharmacology has been adopted as a textbook at universities nationwide and is an important resource for every therapist’s library.

Score your highest on medical pharmacology courses and board exams with the world’s bestselling pharmacology review book! The #1 Review Book in Pharmacology Features:. • Beautiful illustrations and tables in the text. • Summary of the drugs covered at the end of each chapter. • Text with MCQs after each chapter, which provide a good review in itself. • Two full syllabus tests at the end, with 100 MCQs in each test. • Very specific checklist that ensures you don't skip learning key topics. • Exposure to international curriculum and drugs. • Accessible approach and easy to understand text.

• Short and crisp outline of Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. Katzung & Trevor’s Pharmacology Exam and Board Review covers all current drugs and antiretrovirals, immunologic agents, and chemotherapies. Edited by the world leading figures in pharmacology and medicine, the high-yield text focuses on basic principles, autonomic drugs, cardiovascular-renal drugs, and drugs with actions on smooth muscle, central nervous system drugs, and drugs used to treat chemotherapeutic drugs, and toxicology. This authoritative resource delivers a clear, concise review of fundamental concepts backed by more than 1,000 review questions and answers. With fully up-to-date content, the chapter-based approach facilitates use with course notes or larger texts. Katzung & Trevor’s Pharmacology Exam and Board Review includes:. • 1,000+ board-review type questions with detailed answers. • Two 100-question exams with an answer key with detailed explanations. • Lists of high-yield terms and definitions in each chapter. • Skill Keeper Questions that help you understand the connections of related topics. • Checklist of tasks you should be able to perform upon completion of the chapter. • Summary tables that provide key information about specific drug mechanisms of action and effects, clinical uses, pharmacokinetics, drug interactions, and toxicities. • Test-taking strategies for improving your test performance. • 160 photos and illustrations―including explanatory figures and tables, and overview diagrams that visually organize drug groups and concepts.

This guide prepares students for the pharmacology section of many nursing and medical exams. By combining review material and practice questions, this Pharmacology Study Guide ensures that you will be fully prepared for the exam. About Newstone Test Prep (Est. 2018). Newstone Test Prep provides students with updated test questions so that they are well prepared before taking the exam. We take pride in our guides because they combine both review material and test questions. At Newstone Test Prep, we do not just compile test questions; we compile the same number of questions as the real exams, in the same format.

This has been a great help for past students because they were able to simulate the real exam while studying. Hundreds of thousands of students have scored higher on their exams after using our study guides. Table of Contents. Chapter 1: Introduction to Pharmacology: Basics and Principles. Chapter 2: Drug Administration: Routes and Techniques. Chapter 3: Pharmacokinetics: Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion. Chapter 4: Pharmacodynamics: Drug Actions and Effects. Chapter 5: Medication Safety and Error Prevention in Nursing. Chapter 6: Antibiotics: Classes and Mechanism of Action. Chapter 7: Cardiovascular Drugs: Treatment of Heart and Vascular Conditions. Chapter 8: Psychotropic Medications: Management of Mental Health Disorders. Chapter 9: Pain Management: Opioids, NSAIDs, and Alternative Therapies. Chapter 10: Endocrine System Pharmacology: Hormones and Diabetes Management. Chapter 11: Respiratory System Drugs: Treatment of Asthma and COPD. Chapter 12: Gastrointestinal Pharmacology: Medications for Digestive Disorders. Chapter 13: Renal System Drugs: Diuretics and Kidney Health. Chapter 14: Chemotherapy and Oncology Medications. Chapter 15: Neurological Disorders: Seizures, Parkinson’s Disease, and Multiple Sclerosis. Chapter 16: Immunosuppressant and Anti-Inflammatory Drugs. Immunosuppressant Drugs. Chapter 17: Pediatric Pharmacology: Considerations for Children. Chapter 18: Geriatric Pharmacology: Medication Use in the Elderly. Chapter 19: Emergency Medications: Critical Care and Resuscitation. Chapter 20: Future Trends and Innovations in Pharmacology.