Handbook of Affective Disorders

Eugene S. Paykel

Churchill Livingstone, 1992 - Medical - 699 pages

A revised edition aimed at psychiatrists, which considers the treatment of affective disorders. It attempts to reflect the advances that have taken place in the treatment of affective disorders since the first edition was published in areas such as epidemiology, neurochemistry and psychotherapies.

Contents

• Symptoms and assessment of depression: 3
• Resistant depression and psychosurgery 437: 5
• Symptoms and assessment of mania: 15
• Prediction of treatment response: 27
• Concepts diagnosis and classification: 41
• Bipolarunipolar distinction: 57
• Anxiety disorders and their relationship: 77
• Course and outcome: 89
• Epidemiology: 111
• Genetics: 131
• Life events and social stress: 149
• Early environment: 169
• Animal models: 209
• Neurochemistry: 219
• Neuroendocrinology: 255
• The hypothalamicpituitaryadrenocortical: 267
• Neuropsychology and imaging: 289
• Sleep and affective disorders: 311
• PART 4: 316
• Tricyclic and newer antidepressants: 327
• Monoamine oxidase inhibitors: 345
• Electroconvulsive therapy: 359
• Lithium: 369
• Anticonvulsants and novel drugs: 387
• Psychoanalytically orientated psychotherapy: 465
• Group therapy: 475
• Family and marital therapy: 487
• Interpersonal psychotherapy: 501
• Cognitive therapy: 511
• Social and community approaches: 525
• John L: 569
• Depression in childhood and adolescence: 585
• Affective disorders in old age: 601
• Bereavement: 647
• Depression in medical settings: 667
• Index: 687
• Personality: 696

Bibliographic information

• Title: Handbook of Affective Disorders
• Editor: Eugene S. Paykel
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 1992
• Original from: University of Chicago
• Digitized: Oct 20, 2010
• ISBN: 0443043027, 9780443043024
• Length: 699 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Psychiatry / General; Psychology / Psychopathology / General; Self-Help / Mood Disorders / Depression