Psychotic Depression

ISBN-13: 9780521878227 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 344 str.

Edward Shorter; Conrad M. Swartz

Opis

Psychotic Depression aims to help clinical practitioners and trainees describe their observations of psychotic depression, formulate treatment, and express expectations of recovery from illness. It focuses on all facets of the disorder, from clinical history to coverage of the current state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment protocols. Medical readers of this book will come away able to diagnose and readily treat psychotic depression and thus will be able to serve their patients better. Non-physician readers will come away with the message that this is a terrible illness, but there is hope. This book fills an important gap in the realm of psychiatric literature.

Recenzje

Review of the hardback: 'It has practical wisdom to offer, and the crafters of DSM-V could well give thought to some of its provocative concepts.' Psychiatric Services

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. History of psychotic depression; 3. Diagnosis in psychotic depression; 4. Patients' experience of illness; 5. Treatment in historical perspective; 6. Treatment: pitfalls and pathways; 7. Treatment: ECT, medications, and more; 8. Treatment by type of psychotic depression.