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" Mood Disorders : "
by Peter C. Whybrow, Hagop S. Akiskal, William T. McKinney.
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BL
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728837
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b548590
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by Peter C. Whybrow, Hagop S. Akiskal, William T. McKinney.
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Mood Disorders : : Toward a New Psychobiology\ by Peter C. Whybrow, Hagop S. Akiskal, William T. McKinney.
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Boston, MA: Springer US, 1984
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Critical issues in psychiatry.
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(244 pages)
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1461327296
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: 9781461327295
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I. Overview, History, and Classification of Mood Disorders --;1. Mood Disorders: An Introduction --;2. Mood Disorders: Historical Perspective and Current Models of Explanation --;3. Clinical and Familial Subtypes of Mood Disorders: Observation, Opinion, and Purpose --;II. Elements of Present Knowledge --;4. Attachment and Loss --;5. The Meaning of Loss: Psychoanalytic Explorations --;6. The Neurobiological Foundations of Behavior: Environmental Challenge and Response --;7. The Emerging Neurobiology of Mood Disorder --;III. Toward a Synthesis --;8. Theoretical Aspects of Living Systems: Philosophical Pitfalls and Dynamic Constructs --;9. Toward a Psychobiological Integration: Affective Illness as a Final Common Path to Adaptive Failure --;10. Implications for Clinical Practice, Training, and Research --;Author Index.
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In this book we present a conceptually integrated approach to disorders of mood. It was he who emphasized in a practical way the importance of the clinician consider- ing the joint contribution of psychosocial and biological factors in the genesis of mental disorders.
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Medicine.
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Neurosciences.
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Psychiatry.
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RC537.B974 1984
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Hagop S Akiskal
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Peter C Whybrow
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William T McKinney
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