Antidepressants

By: Leonard, B. E.

Book Overview

Clinical issues.- Long-term course, comorbidity and long-term outcome in depressive disorders.- Do antidepressants really take several weeks to show effect?.- Commentary on the limitation of antidepressants in current use.- Mechanisms of action.- Mechanisms underlying the speed of onset of antidepressant response.- Calcium signaling cascades, antidepressants and major depressive disorders.- Markers of depression.- The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and antidepressant action.- Neuroendocrine markers of depression and antidepressant drug action.- Brain cytokines and the psychopathology of depression.- The future of antidepressants.- Chemistry and pharmacology of novel antidepressants.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3764359331
• ISBN13: 9783764359331
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Birkhauser Basel
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"