by Peter C. Whybrow, Hagop S. Akiskal, William T. McKinney.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston, MA
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer US
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1984
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(244 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Critical issues in psychiatry.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
I. Overview, History, and Classification of Mood Disorders --;1. Mood Disorders: An Introduction --;2. Mood Disorders: Historical Perspective and Current Models of Explanation --;3. Clinical and Familial Subtypes of Mood Disorders: Observation, Opinion, and Purpose --;II. Elements of Present Knowledge --;4. Attachment and Loss --;5. The Meaning of Loss: Psychoanalytic Explorations --;6. The Neurobiological Foundations of Behavior: Environmental Challenge and Response --;7. The Emerging Neurobiology of Mood Disorder --;III. Toward a Synthesis --;8. Theoretical Aspects of Living Systems: Philosophical Pitfalls and Dynamic Constructs --;9. Toward a Psychobiological Integration: Affective Illness as a Final Common Path to Adaptive Failure --;10. Implications for Clinical Practice, Training, and Research --;Author Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In this book we present a conceptually integrated approach to disorders of mood. It was he who emphasized in a practical way the importance of the clinician consider- ing the joint contribution of psychosocial and biological factors in the genesis of mental disorders.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Medicine.
Neurosciences.
Psychiatry.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RC537
Book number
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B974
1984
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
by Peter C. Whybrow, Hagop S. Akiskal, William T. McKinney.