Bipolar Depression: Molecular Neurobiology, Clinical Diagnosis, and Pharmacotherapy

This book brings together mental health professionals and researchers to offer the most up-to-date information on the diagnosis, treatment, and research surrounding bipolar depression. Its individual chapters provide valuable diagnostic information, allowing clinicians to distinguish between the var...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Zarate Jr., Carlos A. (Editor), Manji, Husseini K. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:2nd ed. 2016.
Series:Milestones in Drug Therapy,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Section A: Bipolar Depression: Clinical Phenotype & Course of Illness
  • 1) History of Bipolar Disorder and its Treatment
  • 2) Clinical Diagnosis of Bipolar Depression (including differential diagnosis of UP and BP depression)
  • 3) Course and Outcome of Bipolar Disorder (focusing on depressive aspects)
  • 4) Suicide and Bipolar Disorder
  • Section B: Bipolar Depression: Neurobiology
  • 5) Genetics of Bipolar Disorder
  • 6) Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology of Bipolar Depression
  • 7) Non-Pharmacological Treatments and Chronobiological Aspects of Bipolar Depression: Implications for Novel Therapeutics
  • 8) Neuroimaging of Bipolar Depression: Therapeutic Implications
  • Section C: Acute and Long-term Treatment of Bipolar Depression
  • 9) Pharmacological Treatment of the Acute and Continuation Phases of Bipolar Depression
  • 10) Pharmacological Treatment of the Maintenance Phase of Bipolar Depression
  • 11) Non-pharmacotherapeutic Somatic Treatments for Bipolar Depression (ECT, DBS, rTMS)
  • 12) Potential Novel Therapeutics for Bipolar Depression
  • Section D: Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Special Populations
  • 13) Late Onset Bipolar Disorder
  • 14) Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder
  • 15) The use of Psychotropic Medications in Bipolar Disorder during Pregnancy
  • 16) Concluding Remarks.