Psychopharmacology essentials from an outstanding teacher. Since medication is an increasingly important part of mental health treatment, non-medical therapists, who often know the client better than any physician, need to know the basics of psychopharmacology. Here Dr. Diamond distills his many years as a clinician and teacher into a handy guide to the indications, contraindications, and side effects of the five major classes of psychotropic drugs: antipsychotics, antiparkinsonian medications, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and antianxiety and sleeping medications.