Mood Disorders by S. Nassir Ghaemi

A Practical Guide

Explaining how to diagnose depressive and manic symptoms and bipolar disorder, this book offers evidence-based recommendations on pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy of acute and refractory unipolar depression, bipolar depression, and mania. This practical guide will aid residents and clinicians in diagnosing and treating the full spectrum of mood disorders. Dr. Ghaemi explains how to accurately diagnose depressive and manic symptoms and bipolar disorder and offers specific, detailed, evidence-based recommendations on pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy of acute and refractory unipolar depression, bipolar depression, and mania. Chapters review the pharmacology of antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and antipsychotic agents and point out these drugs' advantages and drawbacks in specific clinical situations. Other chapters address clinical dilemmas such as treating rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, distinguishing unipolar from bipolar depression, and tapering bipolar depressed patients off antidepressants FEATURES: Icons denoting clinical vignettes, key points, tips, mnemonics "How to" approach, with emphasis on treatment Appendices: "Pocket cards" to be copied as "Memory joggers" for frequently used informatio
`Author(s) :` S. Nassir Ghaemi	`Format :` Paperback Book
`ISBN-10 :` 0781727839	`ISBN-13 :` 9780781727839
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Product Details:

Series Title : Practical Guides in Psychiatry

Country Publication : United States

Publication Date : 01/09/2003

Publisher : Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

Page Length : 270mm

Page Size : 190mm