Melancholia : the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of depressive illness /

This book provides a comprehensive review of melancholia as a severe disorder of mood, associated with suicide, psychosis and catatonia. The syndrome is defined with a clear diagnosis, prognosis and range of management strategies. It challenges accepted doctrines and describes melancholia as a treat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taylor, Michael Alan, 1940-
Otros Autores: Fink, Max, 1923-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Depression, Mental.
Affective disorders.
Melancholy.
Depressive Disorder
Troubles affectifs.
Mélancolie.
Dépression.
melancholy.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Depression.
SELF-HELP > Mood Disorders.
SELF-HELP > Depression.
Melancholy
Affective disorders
Depression, Mental
Melancholie.
Depressies (psychiatrie)
Stemmingsstoornissen.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Melancholia: a conceptual history
  • Melancholia defined
  • Defining melancholia by psychopathology
  • Defining melancholia: laboratory tests
  • Examination for melancholia
  • The differential diagnosis of melancholia
  • Suicide in melancholia
  • Electroconvulsive therapy for melancholia
  • Achieving effective ECT
  • The validity of the pharmacotherapy literature in melancholia
  • Basic pharmacotherapy for melancholic patients
  • Pharmacotherapy for melancholic patients in complicating circumstances
  • Proposed treatments for melancholia
  • The pathophysiology of melancholia
  • Future directions.

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