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Taylor & Francis Comorbidity in Affective Disorders 1998 Edition by Dr. Mauricio Tohen, Tohen
This valuable reference explores the comorbidity of depression and bipolar disorders, addressing topics such as epidemiology, treatment strategies, and the association of comorbidity and outcome. Focuses on conceptual, empirical, methodological, and modeling issues! Considering temporal priorities in the predictive relationships between comorbid disorders, Comorbidity in Affective Disorderspresents data on the consequences of comorbidity for course and severity outlines the effects of Major Depressive Disorder, grief, and symptoms of medical illness resembling depression highlights the neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, and neuroimmunology of depression reviews somatic therapies such as mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and psychostimulants evaluates the role of depression in epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, HIV, and cancer details the link between depression and personality from psychodynamic, methodological, and treatment perspectives analyzes the implications of comorbidity in children, adolescents, and the elderly ponders future directions for treatment and research and more! With over 900 references, tables, and drawings, Comorbidity in Affective Disorders is suitable for psychiatrists, psychopharmacologists, psychologists, pharmacologists, clinical neurologists, neurobiologists, biologists and biochemists, pharmaceutical and behavioral scientists, and medical and graduate students in these disciplines. Table of contents : - Comorbidity of Unipolar and Bipolar Depression with Other Psychiatric Disorders in a General Population Survey, Ronald C. Kessler Depression and Substance Abuse, Douglas M. Ziedonis, Conor K. Farren, and Tony P. GeorgeDepression in the Medically Ill, D. Jeffrey Newport and Charles B. NemeroffComorbidity of Depressive Illnesses and Personality Disorders, Thomas J. Doyle, Ming T. Tsuang, and Michael J. LyonsThe Comorbidity of Depression and Medical Illness in the Elderly, Andrew SatlinComorbidity with Depression in Children and Adolescents, Elizabeth Jane Costello, Adrian Angold, and Mark E. SweeneyBipolar Disorder and Substance Abuse, Susan C. Sonne and Kathleen T. BradyThe Co-occurrence of Bipolar Disorder with Medical Illness, Kenji W. Sax and Stephen M. StrakowskiBipolar Disorder and Comorbid Axis I Disorders, Carlos A. Zarate, Jr., and Mauricio TohenBipolar Disorder and Comorbid Axis II Disorders, Carlos A. Zarate, Jr., and Mauricio TohenComorbidity and Bipolar Disorder in Old Age, Kenneth Israel Shulman and Anu SingDevelopmental Aspects of Comorbidity in Mania, Gabrielle A. Carlson