Research Catalog

Title

Psychotic depression / Conrad M. Swartz, Edward Shorter.

Author

Swartz, Conrad

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2007.

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Additional Authors

Shorter, Edward

Description

xv, 327 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book 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."--Jacket.

Subject

• Affective Disorders, Psychotic > diagnosis
• Affective Disorders, Psychotic > therapy
• Depressive Disorder > diagnosis
• Depressive Disorder > therapy
• Psychotic depression

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-304) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. History of psychotic depression -- Ch. 3. Diagnosis in psychotic depression -- Ch. 4. Patients' experience of illness -- Ch. 5. Treatment in historical perspective -- Ch. 6. Treatment : pitfalls and pathways -- Ch. 7. Treatment : ECT, medications, and more -- Ch. 8. Treatment by type of psychotic depression -- App. 1. Summary guide to psychiatric concepts -- App. 2. Summary guide to psychotropic medication and treatment.

ISBN

9780521878227 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007002288

OCLC

80460338

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library