Mood Disorders: Toward a New Psychobiology

by Hagop S. Akiskal, William T. McKinney Jr., Peter C. Whybrow

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461296927
• ISBN13: 9781461296928
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"