The Practitioner's Guide to Psychoactive Drugs : Springer : 9781475711394 : 1475711395 : 25 Oct 2012 : In the eight years since the publication of the second edition of this Guide, psycho­ phannacotherapy has made many advances not only through the discovery of new medications but by the effective directing of their use to an ever-increasing variety of clinical disorders. These welcome developments are reflected in the concurrent growth and development of the Guide itself, which now enters adulthood with renewed vigor. Under the thoughtful and scholarly leadership of Dr. Alan Gelenberg, the third edition has undergone a significant transformation designed to meet the needs of the modem clinician. The panel of contributors is nearly double that of the former edition with the addition of nine new authors, who have helped in the major revision and rewriting of the text and in a broadening of the topics included. As a conse­ quence, the reader is assured of a thorough and thoroughly up-to-