| Biology of Depressive Disorders. Part B: Subtypes of Depression and Comorbid Disorders 1993 Edition Contributor(s): Mann, J. John (Editor), Kupfer, David J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0306442965 ISBN-13: 9780306442964 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1993 Annotation: This second of two parts compares and contrasts the biology of depression with other, clinically overlapping disorders such as alcoholism and eating disorders. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Mood Disorders - Depression - Medical | Neuroscience - Psychology | Neuropsychology |
| Dewey: 616.852 |
| LCCN: 92048362 |
| Series: Depressive Illness |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.01 lbs) 183 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is the fourth in a series on depressive illness. The first volume, entitled Phenomenology of Depressive Illness, is devoted to a de- scription of depressive illness from a variety of perspectives that include that of the patient, the clinician, and the psychiatric researcher. It de- scribes the major subtypes of depressive illness and places them in the context of the life cycle. The second volume in this series is entitled Models of Depres- sive Disorders: Psychological, Biological, and Genetic Perspectives. This volume describes several major models of depressive disorders, in- cluding genetic, cognitive, interpersonal, intrapsychic, and neurobio- logical models. The third and fourth volumes deal with the biology of affective disorders in detail. These volumes are distinguished by a triaxial ap- proach. In Volume III the biology of affective disorders is described from the perspective of individual transmitter systems and neurophysio- logic and biologic processes. In Volume IV the biology of depression is addressed from the vantage point of symptom components of de- pression, and similarities and differences in the biology of depression are described compared to other psychiatric disorders with clini- cally overlapping features such as anxiety disorders or eating disor- ders. The effects on biology of comorbid conditions such as anxiety, personality disorders, alcoholism, and eating disorders are reviewed. |