Next Generation Antidepressants: Moving Beyond Monoamines to Discover Novel Treatment Strategies for Mood Disorders

by Chad E. Beyer

The World Health Organization defines depression as a primary contributor to the global burden of disease and predicts it will become the second leading cause of death by 2020. The need to develop effective therapies has never been so pressing. Current antidepressant drugs have several limitations. This 2010 book looks at the future of mood-disorder research, covering the identification of new therapeutic targets, establishing new preclinical models,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521760585
• ISBN13: 9780521760584
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"