Gordon Parker / Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic (eds.)

Melancholia

A Disorder of Movement and Mood: A Phenomenological and Neurobiological Review
Herausgeber: Hadzi-Pavlovic, Dusan; Parker, Gordon

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Produktbeschreibung

Describes the development of a new approach to the diagnosis and pathogenesis of melancholic depression.

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It has long been accepted that depressive disorders comprise a biologically based type-the-so-called 'endogenous' or 'melancholic' depression and a residual set of depressive conditions resulting from personality style, developmental factors, and social stressors. The difficulty has been in distinguishing the melancholic type of depression on the basics of clinical features.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 731g
• ISBN-13: 9780521472753
• ISBN-10: 052147275X
• Artikelnr.: 22303475

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Classification and research: Historical and theoretical
aspects; 1. Issues in classification: Part I. Some Historical Aspects: 2.
Issues in classification: Part II. Classifying Melancholia: 3. Issues in
classification; Part III. Utilizing Behavioral Constructs in Melancholia
Research: 4. Issues in classification: Part IV. Some Statistical Aspects:
Development and Validation of a Measure of Psychomotor Retardation as a
Marker of Melancholia: 5. Psychomotor change as a feature of depressive
disorders: historical overview and current assessment strategies; 6.
Development and structure of the CORE system; 7. Reliability of the CORE
measure; 8. Validity of the CORE: Part I. A Neuroendocrinological Strategy:
9. Validity of the CORE: Part II. Neuropsychological Tests: 10. Validity of
the CORE; Part III. Outcome and Treatment Prediction: 11. Phenotypic
expression of melancholia contrasted for those with bipolar and unipolar
illness courses; 12. Psychotic depression: clinical definition, status and
the relevance of psychomotor disturbance to its definition; 13. A clinical
algorithm for defining melancholia: comparison with other sub-typing
measures; 14. Rating the CORE: a user's guide; The Neurobiology of
Melancholia: 15. Melancholia as a neurological disorder; 16. Melancholia
and the aging brain; 17. Magnetic resonance imaging in primary and
secondary depression; 18. Functional neuroimaging in affective disorders;
19. Summary and conclusions; Appendix; The CORE measure: procedural
recommendations and rating guidelines; Bibliography.