How long does it take to read Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology?
Stephen M. Stahl
Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology by Stephen M. Stahl takes about 11 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 31 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2008. 628 pages, about 172,700 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
With this fully revised fourth edition, Dr Stahl returns to the essential roots of what it means to become a neurobiologically empowered psychopharmacologist, expertly guided in the selection and combination of treatments for individual patients in practice. Embracing the unifying themes of 'symptom endophenotypes', dimensions of psychopathology that cut across syndromes, and 'symptoms and circuits', every aspect of the text has been updated to the frontiers of current knowledge, with the clarity of explanation and illustration that only Dr Stahl can bring. Integrating much of the basic neuroscience into the clinical chapters, and with major additions in the areas of psychosis, antipsychotics, antidepressants, impulsivity, compulsivity and addiction, this is the single most readily readable source of information on disease and drug mechanisms. This remains the essential text for all students and professionals in mental health seeking to understand and utilize current therapeutics, and to anticipate the future for novel medications.
Subjects: Mental illness, Central nervous system, Psychotropic drugs, Drug therapy, Pharmacology, Drug effects
