Bipolar depression: molecular neurobiology, clinical diagnosis and pharmacotherapy

Although our knowledge of mood disorders is expanding, comparatively little is known about bipolar depression in particular. This book offers the most up-to-date information about the diagnosis, treatment, and research surrounding bipolar depression. Early chapters provide diagnostic information and review thecourse, outcome and genetics of this heritable condition. The book gives a thorough and unique overview of the neurobiology of the disorder, including neuroimaging work. Several chapters delineate the treatment of bipolar depression in special populations such as children and pregnant women. Furthermore, the particular issues of suicide, focusing on the need for assessment during both acute and maintenance treatment, are addressed. Finally, acute and long-term treatment strategies for bipolar depression are discussed, including both traditional and novel therapeutics, as well as non-pharmacological treatments. This volume offers researchers and clinicians key insights into this devastating disorder. Comprehensive volume covering research and therapeutic implications Edited by leading experts in the field International authorship INDICE: History of BD and its treatment.- Clinical diagnosis of BD.- Course and outcome of BD.- Suicide and BD.- Genetics of BD.- Molecular and cellularneurobiology of BD.- Non-pharmacological treatments and chronobiological aspects of BD: implications for novel therapeutics.- Neuroimaging of BD: therapeutic implications.- Pharmacological treatment of the acute and continuation phase of BD.- Pharmacological treatment of the maintenance phase of BD.- Non-pharmacotherapeutic somatic treatments for BD.- Potential novel therapeutics for BD.-andnbsp;Late onset BD.- Childhood onset BD.- The use of psychotropic medications in BD during pregnancy.

• ISBN: 978-3-7643-8566-8
• Editorial: Birkhaüser
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 250
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés