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Mood disorders: systematic medication management

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Modern problems of Pharmacopsychiatry ; 25Publication details: Basel: Karger, 1997Description: viii, 262 pages, charts, tables; 24 cmISBN:
  • 8185457735
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 616.8527 R952
Contents:
Preface -- Treatment of major depressions: selection of initial drug -- Declaration of treatment failures -- Augmentation strategies for treatment of unipolar major depression -- Switching strategies for the treatment of uipolar major depression -- Selection of the initial drug(s) in the treatment of bipolar disorder, depressed phase -- treatment of bipolar disorder depressed phase augmentation/ switching strategies -- selection of initial treatment for bipolar disorder manic phase -- Algorithms for bipolar mania --The Psychopharmacological treatment of nonmajor mood disorders -- Depression in patients with somatic diseases -- treatment of depression in the elderly -- The Role of the patient in treatment decisions -- The Decision to use ECT: for whom? when? -- light therapy for depressive disorders: indications and efficacy -- Special treatment issues : maintaining and discontinuing psychotropic medications
Scope and content: This book is an attempt to synthesize the available scientific evidence and relevant clinical experience and recommend medication guidelines or decision trees for particular types of mood disorders.
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Books ISI Library, Kolkata 4th Floor 616.8527 R952 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Gifted by Prof. Debdulal Dutta Roy C26837
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface -- Treatment of major depressions: selection of initial drug -- Declaration of treatment failures -- Augmentation strategies for treatment of unipolar major depression -- Switching strategies for the treatment of uipolar major depression -- Selection of the initial drug(s) in the treatment of bipolar disorder, depressed phase -- treatment of bipolar disorder depressed phase augmentation/ switching strategies -- selection of initial treatment for bipolar disorder manic phase -- Algorithms for bipolar mania --The Psychopharmacological treatment of nonmajor mood disorders -- Depression in patients with somatic diseases -- treatment of depression in the elderly -- The Role of the patient in treatment decisions -- The Decision to use ECT: for whom? when? -- light therapy for depressive disorders: indications and efficacy -- Special treatment issues : maintaining and discontinuing psychotropic medications

This book is an attempt to synthesize the available scientific evidence and relevant clinical experience and recommend medication guidelines or decision trees for particular types of mood disorders.

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