From leashes to neurons and psychopharmacology /

Psychopharmacology has become a popular, and sometimes mandatory addition to treatment regimes for canine and feline patients with behavioral problems; however, clients and practitioners should be dissuaded that behavioral drugs are 'quick fixes'. Veterinarians should only prescribe psycho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Overall, Karen L.
Corporate Authors: International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, IAABC Conference, Tawzer Dog Videos
Format: Conference Proceeding Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Eagle, ID : Tawzer Dog Videos, [2007]
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Summary:Psychopharmacology has become a popular, and sometimes mandatory addition to treatment regimes for canine and feline patients with behavioral problems; however, clients and practitioners should be dissuaded that behavioral drugs are 'quick fixes'. Veterinarians should only prescribe psychotropic medication when they have a specific idea of how the mechanism of action of the drug will affect the target behaviors associated with a specific diagnosis. The diagnosis must be treated rather than non-specific signs. Newer psychotropic medications demonstrate the extent to which truly abnormal behaviors are dysfunctions of neurochemistry; synaptic or cellular metabolism; or genetic encoding and 'learning', or LTP, hence there is a clear role for the interaction of neuropharmacology and behavioral and environmental modification.
Item Description:Title page from cover.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.