Bipolar Disorders
Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications
Jair C Soares editor Allan H Young editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:25th May '16
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Covers advances in the fields of genetics, neuropsychopharmacology, psychosocial factors, and more, emphasizing therapeutic potential.
This new edition covers groundbreaking advances in the fields of genetics, neuropsychopharmacology, psychosocial factors, and many other important areas, emphasizing the therapeutic implications and potential of this new understanding. It will be essential reading for those interested in the neurobiology of mental illness and in mental health more generally.Over the past two decades, driven by the enormous public health importance of bipolar disorder, research initiatives have begun to elucidate the pathophysiology of this prevalent and debilitating condition. These research initiatives have led to breakthroughs in our understanding of causation, and now promise to foster the development of novel treatments. This new edition presents contributions from the leaders at the forefront of these areas of research, and includes chapters on the groundbreaking advances in the fields of genetics, neuroimaging, neuropsychopharmacology, oxidative stress and neuronal resilience, inflammatory mechanisms, psychosocial factors, childhood onset and late-life bipolar disorder, and many other important areas. Throughout, the therapeutic implications and potential of this new understanding are emphasized. This will be essential reading for those interested in the neurobiology of mental illness, and will be of interest to mental health practitioners more generally.
ISBN: 9781107062719
Dimensions: 254mm x 194mm x 18mm
Weight: 830g
312 pages
3rd Revised edition