Depression and Drugs The Neurobehavioral Structure of a Psychological Storm /

• Main Author: Katz, Martin M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology,
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Psychiatry.; Psychology, clinical.; Consciousness.; Psychology.; Neuropsychology.; Cognitive Psychology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00389-4

In the 1950s, psychiatric "miracle drugs" revolutionized the treatment of depression, improving the quality of life of countless patients. Over half a century and millions of prescriptions later, advances in brain structure, neurochemistry, and genetics are providing clues to the mechanism...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Uncovering the Interaction of Chemistry and Behavior in Depression: Dimensions vs. Diagnosis in Structuring Research
• Depression is a Storm not a Lowering of Spirit: The Experience of the Severe Depressed State
• Rashomon and the Componential Approach to Developing Measures of Mood and Behavior
• Dimensions of Depression: The Conflictual Structure of the Depressed State
• False Assumptions: The Multidimensional Quality and its Relationships to Functioning of the Central Nervous System
• Testing New Hypotheses about Neurochemistry, Depression and Drugs
• Developing a More Effective and More Efficient Clinical Trial Model
• Elaboration of the New Theory of Depression and Conclusions
• Postscript
• Appendix 1 The Multivantaged (MV) Assessment Methods
• Appendix 2 The Video Interview Behavior Evaluation Scales (VIBES).