Pharmacotherapy of Depression

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ciraulo, Domenic A. (Editor), Shader, Richard Irwin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2011.
• Edition: 2.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Psychiatry.; Psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Psychology, general.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Internal Medicine.

Comprehensive and state-of-the-art, the second edition of Pharmacotherapy of Depression offers major revisions of every chapter and the addition of new chapters by expert contributors. The first chapter reviews the neurobiology of depression, which lays the groundwork for understanding the mechanism...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Biological Theories of Depression and Implications for Current and New Treatments
• 2. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Antidepressants
• 3. Antidepressant Treatment of Geriatric Depression
• 4. Treatment of Psychotic Disorders
• 5. Treatment of Biploar Depression
• 6. Substance Abuse and Depression
• 7. Antidepressant Treatments in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• 8. Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression During Pregnancy and Lactation
• 9. Antidepressant Treatment of Pediatric Depression
• 10. Managing Depression in Primary Care
• 11. Treatment of Depression in the Medically Ill.