Full Description
This book examines the clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, outcomes, and responses to treatment of mood disorders during the three major stages of life: childhood and adolescence, adulthood, and old age. This unique approach highlights both the continuity and differences of illness throughout the life span and offers new insights on managing mood disorders as recurrent and chronic conditions.
Contents
Part 1 Introduction: evolving clinical characterization or distinct disorders?; epidemiology of mood disorders throughout the life cycle. Part 2 Childhood and adolescence: childhood and adolescence depression - clinical features and pathogenesis; outcome of depressive syndromes - treatment of adolescent depression; clinical features and pathogensis of child and adolescent mania; outcome studies of mania in children and adolscents; treatment of bipolar disorder in adolescents. Part 3 Adulthood: depression - outcome studies of depression in adulthood; treatment of depression in adulthood; clinical features of mania in adulthood. Part 4 Old age: clinical features and pathogenesis of depression in old age; major depression in old age - mania in old age; outcome studies of mania in old age; treatment of geriatric mania.
