Affective Disorders : Perspectives on Basic Research and Clinical Practice

This volume presents the proceedings of the Mount Fuji Symposium, where internationally eminent psychiatrists and researchers examined current biological theories regarding the apthogenesis of depression.

Topics covered include a neurochemist's perspective on depression and stress; a-adrenoceptor function in depression; B-phenylethylamine, neuropeptide Y, and noradrenergic function in depression; MAO activity in affective disorders; pseudodementia and depressive pseudodementia; a clincal study of the precipitation of mania; positron emission tomography studies of affective disorders; depression and suicide; and the pharmacotherapy of depression in Japan.

The book concludes with an up-to-date review of strategies for preventing affective disorders.