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"All of Dr. Stahl's writing is characterized by clarity of presentation and a notable ability to transform complicated scientific principles into readily understood prose. Characteristically, he illustrates his instructions with informative, charming, and sometimes witty cartoon figures and diagrams. Dr. Stahl has a gift for teaching, and it is a pleasure to recommend this book."
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

"Essential reading. I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who works with psychotropic drugs - or who has the task of teaching others about them!"
American Journal of Psychiatry

"Essential Psychopharmacology offers a wide range of readers an engaging and comprehensive view of psychopharmacology. It is highly recommended to both novice and experienced researchers, who stand to gain a new or renewed appreciation for the complexity and beauty of how the nervous system mediates the behavioral effects of drugs.'
Contemporary Psychology

"This book is a bedrock for basic understanding of the complex and fast moving field of psychopharmacology, and should be a part of every prescribing clinician's library. It is highly recommended and will be useful in many contexts."
Doody's Book Review Service

"Those involved in teaching will find the text useful in preparation of lectures or seminars in psychopharmacology and the cartoons make excellent teaching aids. Clinicians will find the book to be a painless source of basic information that they need to be informed practitioners of psychopharmacology really is well titled. It will become an essential source for the information that informs the teaching and practice of psychiatric medicine over the next decade."
The Lancet

“An excellent job of summarizing the history of disease categorization and treatment development in order to focus on current treatment and to convey neuropathological theories.”
Addiction Biology

“Very informative and almost pleasurable to learn from. Two thumbs up for this offering."
Journal of Clinical Toxicology