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Mood Disorders
Whybrow, Peter C.; Akiskal, Hagop S.; McKinney, W. T.
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Description for Mood Disorders
Paperback. Series: Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; MMH; MMJ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 478.
In this book we present a conceptually integrated approach to disorders of mood. These disorders are defined narrowly as the clinical syndromes of mania and melancholia. The latter is our particular focus, for the simple reason that it is more common and thus more is known about it. Our approach owes much to Adolf Meyer, who first used the term psychobiology. It was he who emphasized in a practical way the importance of the clinician consider ing the joint contribution of psychosocial and biological factors in the genesis of mental disorders. However, until the 1960s, our relative ignorance of basic ... Read more
In this book we present a conceptually integrated approach to disorders of mood. These disorders are defined narrowly as the clinical syndromes of mania and melancholia. The latter is our particular focus, for the simple reason that it is more common and thus more is known about it. Our approach owes much to Adolf Meyer, who first used the term psychobiology. It was he who emphasized in a practical way the importance of the clinician consider ing the joint contribution of psychosocial and biological factors in the genesis of mental disorders. However, until the 1960s, our relative ignorance of basic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Series
Critical Issues in Psychiatry
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461296928
SKU
V9781461296928
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