Novel Molecular Targets for Mood Disorders and Psychosis: Proceedings of a Workshop

by Board on Health Sciences Policy, Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, Health and Medicine Division, et al.

Mood disorders - including depression and bipolar disorder - are common, disabling, and potentially lethal disorders, characterized by a shortened lifespan from comorbid medical illness and rising suicide rates. Medications for these conditions have been shown to be insufficiently effective in the majority of people who take them, and there remains a tremendous unmet medical need. Recent advances towards understanding the mechanisms of action for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309685907
• ISBN13: 9780309685900
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 88 Pages