Depression : new trends in research and treatment

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Depression : new trends in research and treatment

edited by Per Kragh-Sørensen, Annette Gjerris, Tom G. Bolwig

Munksgaard, c1991

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Bibliography: p. 194-196

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This text on depression attempts to distil some of the apparently conflicting information and clarify issues that have arisen in the wake of recent increases in research, particularly in the neurosciences. The discussion first addresses fundamental issues, including classification. It then examines some developments of the biological approach, followed by a psychoanalytic view of the transition from the classic to the dynamic concept of personality in melancholia. Coverage of the therapeutic approaches to depressive illness begins with a review of cognitive psychotherapy and of the pertinent, growing problems of treating the elderly. The chapters devoted to treatment conclude with a look at lithium and ECT.

Table of Contents

  • The classification of the depression and anxiety disorders
  • The present state of biology in depression
  • Notes on the psychodynamics and treatment of manic-depressives
  • The present state of pharmacotherapy in depression - has the TCA-era come to an end?
  • Lithium versus carbamazepine in the prophylaxis of recurrent affective disorders, with special reference to side-effects
  • ECT in the therapy of depression - present status and future prospects. A clinical review
  • Treatment of depressions in the elderly
  • Cognitive psychotherapy with depressed patients
  • Zones of interest in future research on depression.

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