Providing an up-to-date overview of depressive disorder, this work presents information on the biological pathogenic mechanisms, aetiological vulnerability factors and stressors triggering the occurrence of pathogenesis and psychopathology of affective disorders. This approach is continued in the discussion of treatment and prophylaxis in which biological procedures and psychosocial interventions are covered. Methods of treatment discussed range from psychosurgery to sleep deprivation and family intervention. By highlighting a thorough biopsychosocial approach towards depressive disorder, this volume leaves room for conflicting opinions and represents discussions based on solid clinical and preclinical research data.
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978-0-471-96849-8 (9780471968498)
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Psychopathology: Diagnosis and Classification of Depression; Epidemiology of Depression; Course and Outcome of Depression; Comorbidity of Depression and Anxiety; Depression in the Elderly; Depression in Primary Care; Neuropsychological Abnormalities in Depression. Pathogenesis: Serotin and Depression; Catecholamines in Depression; The Immune Pathophysiology of Major Depression; Sleep EEG, Depression and Antidepressants; Brain Imaging in Depression; Hormonal Disturbances in Depression; Demoralization and Melancholy; Aetiology: Life Events; Advances in the Genetics of Depression; Depression in Neurologic Diseases; Personality Dysfunction and Depression; A Psychosocial Perspective and the Aetiology of Depression. Treatment: Reuptake Inhibitors; Classical and Selective Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors in the Treatment of Depression. ECT in Affective Disorder: Efficacy and Mode of Action; Lithium Augmentation in Refractory Depression; Anxiolytics as Antidepressants; New Developments in Antidepressant Research; Action, Mechanism of Antidepressants; Prophylaxis: Lithium; Anticonvulsants in the Long-Term Prophylaxis of Affective Disorders; Long Term Treatment of Depression with Antidepressants; Lithium-Inositol Interactions; Other Treatment Modalities: Advances in Psychotherapy of Depression; Psycho-Education and Family Intervention; Total Sleep Deprivation; Light Therapy as a Treatment Modality for Affective Disorder; Psychosurgery. Future Directions: Future Directions in Mood Disorder Research.
