PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENTS FOR BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

Most of the future advances in therapy with behavioral medicine probab ly will be pharmacologic. Newer developments in tricyclic antidepressa nts, specific and nonspecific anxiolytics, narcotic agonist-antagonist s, and benzodiazepines will have great relevance for veterinary medici ne. As the field of behavioral medicine expands, its paradigm hopefull y will enlarge to include combination therapy and the implementation o f neuropharmacologic intervention as a diagostic tool. At present, the veterinary practitioner can effectively aid many common behavioral pr oblems, with the glaring exception of most aggressions, using extant d rugs.