Manic-Depressive Illness - Rilegato

Goodwin, Frederick K.; Jamison, Kay Redfield

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ISBN 10: 0195039343 ISBN 13: 9780195039344

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 1990

Riassunto

The revolution in psychiatry that began mid-century has led to dramatic advances in the understanding and treatment of manic-depressive illness. No other mental disorder has been the subject of such clinically useful and scientifically productive research. This book is the first to survey this massive body of evidence comprehensively and to assess its meaning for both clinician and scientist. The book also vividly portrays the experience of manic-depressive illness from the perspective of patients, their doctors, and researchers. It also recounts the torments of some of the great poets and composers whose art was almost certainly enriched, energized, and deepened by the extremes of manic-depressive illness. Drawing on the widsom of classic psychiatric authors, the book encompasses knowledge about manic-depressive illness as Kraepelin originally defined it. Drs Goodwin and Jamison's understanding of the illness, gained from their own extensive research and clinical experience, guided their interpretation of the literature. Like Kraepelin, they emphasize the cyclical course of manic-depressive illness and the essential unity of its bipolar and recurrent unipolar forms. Encyclopaedic in scope, the book exhaustively reviews the biological and genetic literature that has so dominated the field in recent years. It also surveys the psychological and epidemiological evidence, as well as that pertaining to diagnostic issues, course, and outcome.

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Recensione:

It is hard to imagine a clinician working with patients with the illness (what psychiatrist does not?) or a researcher in any part of the field of mood disorders who does not have this tour de force available. (The New England Journal of Medicine)

Contenuti:

Introduction; Clinical description; Evolution of the bipolar-unipolar concept; Manic-depressive spectrum; Diagnosis; Course and outcome; Epidemiology; Childhood and adolescence; Alcohol and drug abuse; Suicide; Thought disorder, perception, and cognition; Personality and interpersonal behavior; Manic-depressive illness and creativity; Measurement of manic and depressive states; Genetics; Biochemical models; Biochemical and pharmacological studies; Anatomical and physiological studies; Sleep and biological rhythms; Pathopsychology: critical evaluation, integration, and future directions; Medical treatment of acute mania; Medical treatment of acute bipolar depression; Maintenance medical treatment; Psychotherapy; Medication compliance; Treatment of alcohol and drug abuse in manic-depressive patients; Clinical management of suicidal patients.

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• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0195039343
• ISBN 13: 9780195039344
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 960