(Ebook) The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Mood Disorders by Dan J. Stein, David J. Kupfer, Alan F. Schatzberg ISBN 9781585621514, 9781585627165, 158562151X, 158562716X

(Ebook) The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Mood Disorders by Dan J. Stein, David J. Kupfer, Alan F. Schatzberg ISBN 9781585621514, 9781585627165, 158562151X, 158562716X

Psychiatrists and other mental health care and medical professionals can now turn to a truly authoritative, up-to-date reference for current information about mood disorders. The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Mood Disorders including a wealth of illustrations, tables and references presents the state of the art in diagnosis, psychobiology, pharmacotherapy, and psychotherapy across the vast spectrum of mood disorders: Symptomatology and Epidemiology: -Historical aspects and social underpinnings of mood disorders-Classification and rating scales-Global burden (the high costs of depression and bipolar disorderPathogenesis: -Neurochemistry and psychoneuroendocrinology-Cognitive processing models (experimental cognitive research)-Evolutionary explanations (the normal role of low mood in disengaging individuals from goals they cannot reach). Methods of Investigation: -Anatomical pathology (strengths and limitations of human postmortem studies). -Molecular and cellular neurobiology of severe mood disorders (abnormalities in the regulation of signaling). -Genetics of bipolar and unipolar disorders.  Types of Mood Disorder: -Psychotic depression (distinct from nonpsychotic depression in presenting features, biology, familial transmission, course, and response to treatment). -Seasonal affective disorder (use of light therapy in SADS and also in other depression). -Secondary depression with medical illness (calling for large-scale studies to gauge treatment efficacy).  -Major depression seen in primary care (as prevalent as hypertension). -Substance abuse (a long-standing source of controversy). -Sleep disorders (risk factors for the new onset of depression). Treatments: -Pharmacotherapy -Brain stimulation techniques