Medicine, Mental Health, Science, Religion And Well-being

Call For Papers For Theme Monograph 2010

Psychopharmacology Today

1. Psychopharmacology Today: Where Are We And Where Do We Go From Here.
2. The Lactating Mother And Psychoactive Drugs.
3. What To Give And What To Avoid In Psychiatric Patients With Heart Disease.
4. What To Give And What To Avoid In Cardiac Patients With Psychiatric Problems.
5. The Geriatric Population And Psychiatric Medication.
6. The Fundamental Presuppositions Of Biological Psychiatry And Psychopharmacology.
7. Medicalisation Of Life Issues: Is Psychopharmacology The Culprit?
8. The Biological And The Psychosocial: Areas Of Connect And Disconnect.
9. Special Care In Prescribing Psychoactive Drugs In The Child And Adolescent.
10. The Mood Stabilizers In Pregnancy And Lactation.
11. Anticholinergic Side Effects Of Psychoactive Drugs: The Problem And The Solution.
12. The Problem Of Weight Gain With Psychiatric Medication.
13. Suicide And Antidepressants: What Current Evidence Indicates.
14. Psychostimulants For ADHD: The Rationale And Current Trends.
15. Psychiatric Medication Before And After Marriage.
16. How And When To Change Over From One Drug To Another In Schizophrenia.
17. How And When To Change Over From One Drug To Another In Depression.
18. How And When To Change Over From One Drug To Another In Bipolar Disorders.
19. The Case For And Against Polytherapy.
20. Stigma And Noncompliance.
21. The Placebo Effect In Psychiatry.
22. Drug Assisted Psychotherapy.
23. Drug Cost And Compliance.
24. The Case For And Against Narcoanalysis In Psychiatry.
25. The Future Of Psychopharmacology.
26. Drug-Drug Interaction Between Psychoactive Drugs And Others: Some Useful Thumb Rules.
27. What To Be Careful About While Combining Two Or More Psychoactive Drugs.
28. What To Be Careful About While Combining Psychoactive Drugs With Other Drugs.
29. The Noncompliant Patient: The Case For And Against Covert/Surreptitious Medication.
30. Drug Therapy Of Schizophrenia: Current Trends.
31. Drug Therapy Of Depression: Current Trends.
32. Drug Therapy Of Bipolar Disorders: Current Trends.
33. Drug Therapy Of Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis: Current Trends.
34. Drug Therapy Of ADHD: Current Trends.
35. Drug Therapy Of Personality Disorders: Current Trends.
36. Drug Therapy Of Alcoholism: Current Trends.
37. Ethical Issues In Psychopharmacology.
38. Current Status Of Nonpharmacological Interventions In Psychiatry.
39. Psychoactive Medications In End Of Life Situations.
40. What Care Givers And Nursing Staff Need To Ensure About Psychoactive Drug Compliance.
41. The Well Read Psychiatric Patient And Drug Compliance.
42. Changing Societal Attitudes Towards Psychiatric Medication And Psychiatry.
43. ECT And Psychoactive Drugs: How To Combine And What To Guard Against.
44. Psychiatric Medication And Renal Disease.
45. Combining Drug Treatment With Psychotherapy: The Case For And Against.
46. The Case Of The Antipsychiatrist: Why Do They Oppose Psychiatric Medication In Particular And Psychiatry In General?.
47. Issues Of Drug Compliance In Psychopharmacology.
48. Drug-drug Interactions.
49. Biological Psychiatry And Psychopharmacology.
50. Patient Welfare And Psychopharmacological Research.

Authors must convey their topics selected from the above by 15th July 2009. They maybe more than one topic for one paper, but not more than three. Please check topic availability with the editor. Full paper for potential publication should reach the Editor in Microsoft Word format by 15th September 2009.

• All papers will be submitted for peer review and a decision of acceptance or otherwise will be conveyed to the authors by 15th November 2009, or one month of receipt, whichever is later.
• Authors may contact the Editor, Mens Sana Monographs, for further details and clarification. Email:(mensanamonographs @ hotmail . com).
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Dr. Ajai Singh M.D.,
Editor,
Mens Sana Monographs,
Medicine. Mental Health. Man, And their Matrix.

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