Depression & mania : modern lithium therapy

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Depression & mania : modern lithium therapy

edited by F. Neil Johnson

IRL, c1987

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Depression and mania

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内容説明

This book is a valuable guide both for psychiatrists primarily interested in the practicalities of lithium therapy and for patients seeking information about their treatment. Each chapter describes a specific feature of lithium therapy; the contributors provide fresh approaches to the benefits and drawbacks of lithium usage. Readership: psychiatrists, pharmacologists, clinicians, and patients.

目次

  • INTRODUCTION: Manic depressive illness
  • The chemical nature of lithium
  • Production and reserves
  • MEDICAL APPLICATIONS: Acute treatment of mania
  • Acute treatment of depression
  • Schizophrenia
  • Prophylactic alternatives to lithium
  • CLINICAL PRACTICE: THE DECISION TO TREAT: Patient selection and response prediction
  • Preliminary physiological function tests
  • CLINICAL PRACTICE: TECHNICAL ISSUES: Dosage and serum levels
  • Kinetics and tissue distribution
  • Excretion
  • Measurement of serum lithium levels
  • The 12-hour standardized serum lithium
  • Laboratory monitoring
  • CLINICAL PRACTICE: TREATMENT IN PROGRESS: Relapse
  • Terminating treatment
  • Psychological aspects of treatment
  • Lithium self-help groups
  • CLINICAL PRACTICE: PATIENT FACTORS: Sex differences
  • Pregnancy, delivery and lactation
  • Concomitant physical illness
  • Risk factors
  • CLINICAL PRACTICE: TREATMENT COMBINATIONS: Antidepressants
  • Antiepileptic drugs
  • Electrocnvulsive therapy
  • Diuretics
  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  • EFFECTS ON ORGANS AND SYSTEMS: Body weight
  • The gastrointestinal system
  • The immune system
  • Brain and nervous system
  • Sexual functioning
  • THE MODERN CONTEXT: Economics of lithium therapy
  • The status of lithium therapy in psychiatry
  • The future.

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