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Melancholia
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Defines melancholia as a syndrome with a clear diagnosis, prognosis, and set of treatment options.
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This book provides a comprehensive review of melancholia as a severe disorder of mood, associated with suicide, psychosis, and catatonia. The syndrome is defined with a clear diagnosis, prognosis, and range of management strategies. It challenges accepted doctrines and describes melancholia as a treatable and preventable mental illness.
| Author | Michael Alan Taylor , Max Fink |
|---|---|
| Table Of Content | List of patient vignettes Acknowledgements Preface 1. Melancholia: a conceptual history 2. Melancholia defined 3. Defining melancholia by psychopathology 4. Defining melancholia: laboratory tests 5. Examination for melancholia 6. The differential diagnosis of melancholia 7. Suicide in melancholia 8. Electroconvulsive therapy for melancholia 9. Achieving effective ECT 10. The validity of the pharmacotherapy literature in melancholia 11. Basic pharmacotherapy for melancholic patients 12. Pharmacotherapy of melancholia: complicating circumstances. |
| Format | Paperback |
| Publish Date | 11 Feb 2010 |
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