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Title Mood disorders : systematic medication management / volume editor, A. John Rush
Published Basel ; New York : Karger, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 262 pages)
Series Modern problems of pharmacopsychiatry ; v. 25
Modern problems of pharmacopsychiatry ; v. 25.
Contents Preface -- Treatment of Major Depression: Selection of Initial Drug -- Declaration of Treatment Failures -- Augmentation Strategies for Treatment of Unipolar Major Depression -- Switching Strategies for the Treatment of Unipolar Major Depression -- Selection of the Initial Drug(s) in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder, Depressed Phase -- Treatment of Bipolar Disorder, Depressed Phase Augmentation/ Switching Strategies -- Selection of Initial Treatment for Bipolar Disorder, Manic Phase -- Algorithms for Bipolar Mania
The Psychopharmacological Treatment of Nonmajor Mood DisordersDepression in Patients with Somatic Diseases -- Treatment of Depression in the Elderly -- The Role of the Patient in Treatment Decisions -- The Decision to Use ECT: For Whom?When? -- Light Therapy for Depressive Disorders: Indications and Efficacy -- Special Treatment Issues: Maintaining and Discontinuing Psychotropic Medications -- Author Index -- Subject Index
Summary This volume provides up-to-date, scientifically-based alternative treatment algorithms for various kinds of mood disorders. It is one of the first publications to enunciate stepwise, specified pharmacological management procedures recommended for major depressive, bipolar, and dysthymic disorders. In addition, it indicates the role for special forms of treatment for depression, including light and electroconvulsive therapies, based on published peer-reviewed scientific literature and extensive in-depth clinical experience. It will be of particular interest to psychiatric residents, internists, family physicians, general practitioners, nurses, medical students and other mental health professionals who are committed to a scientifically based approach to the management of patients with mood disorders
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Affective disorders -- Chemotherapy
Antidepressants -- Effectiveness
Psychotropic drugs -- Effectiveness
Electroconvulsive therapy.
Affective Disorders, Psychotic -- drug therapy
Psychotropic Drugs -- therapeutic use
Affective disorders -- Chemotherapy
Antidepressants -- Effectiveness
Electroconvulsive therapy
Trouble affectivité -- chimiothérapie.
Psychoanaleptiques -- usage thérapeutique.
Trouble affectif majeur -- Chimiothérapie.
Stemmingsstoornissen.
Farmacotherapie.
Psiquiatria.
Psicofarmacologia.
Troubles affectifs.
Psychotropes.
Antidépresseurs.
Électrothérapie.
Psychische Krankheit -- Psychopharmakotherapie -- Aufsatzsammlung.
Psychopharmakotherapie -- Psychische Krankheit -- Aufsatzsammlung.
Form Electronic book
Author Rush, A. John
S. Karger (Firm)
ISBN 9783318002089
3318002089