Handbook of depression

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Depression Major depressive disorder Mood disorders Psychiatry Psychopharmacology. Dr Friedman is an is an internationally recognized and widely published expert in pharmacotherapy and cognitive therapy. He serves as a reviewer on a number of psychiatric journals and a principal investigator on a number of ongoing research studies in the areas of depression and bipolar disorder.

He was a Medical Research Council Training Fellow in Oxford and obtained his MD on the investigation of serotonin function in depression and in the action of antidepressant drugs. He is Director of the Specialist Service for Affective Disorders in Manchester, which he founded in as a multidisciplinary tertiary service for treatment-resistant depression and bipolar disorder. His current research interests concern the role of serotonin in the aetiology and treatment of affective disorders, functional brain imaging of neurotransmitter function and evidence-based psychiatry.

He is lead author of the British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines on the use of antidepressants in the treatment of depression. The unique structural elements are the succinct chapters with useful figures and pertinent references. Buy options. Effective psychosocial and biological treatments are described in detail. Each chapter offers a definitive statement of current theories, methods, and findings, and identifies key questions that remain to be answered.

New to This Edition Incorporates cutting-edge research including findings from international, multisite, integrative, and longitudinal studies , treatment advances, and changes to diagnostic criteria in DSM Chapters on comorbidity with anxiety disorders and emotional functioning in depression.

Expanded coverage of bipolar disorder, now the focus of three chapters clinical features, risk and etiological factors, and treatment.

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