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Author:   Jair C. Soares (University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston) ,  Allan H. Young (King's College London)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.830kg
ISBN:  

9781107062719

ISBN 10:   1107062713
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   25 May 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of contributors; Preface; 1. The classification of bipolar disorders: implications for clinical research Michael J. Ostacher, Mark A. Frye and Trisha Suppes; 2. Prospects for the development of animal models for the study of bipolar disorder Trevor R. Norman; 3. Abnormalities in catecholamines and the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder Alexander W. Charney, Sehrish Sayed and Dennis S. Charney; 4. Serotonergic dysfunction in bipolar disorder Martin J. Lan and J. John Mann; 5. Involvement of GABAergic/glutamatergic pathways in mood disorders Paul Stokes and James Stone; 6. Oxidative stress and neuronal resilience: implications for the pathophysiology of bipolar disorders Gabriela Delevati Colpo, Gabriel Rodrigo Fries, Laura Stertz and Flávio Kapczinski; 7. Post-mortem studies in bipolar disorder Francine M. Benes and Sivan Subburaju; 8. The neuroendocrinology of stress in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorders Allan H. Young and Alessandro Colasanti; 9. Brain imaging abnormalities in bipolar disorder Marsal Sanches and Jair C. Soares; 10. Sleep and circadian rhythms in bipolar disorders Sara Dallaspezia and Francesco Benedetti; 11. Infectious agents: role in causation of bipolar disorders? Olaoluwa O. Okusaga; 12. EEGs and ERPs in bipolar disorders R. Hamish McAllister-Williams; 13. Genetic factors in the etiology of bipolar disorder Consuelo Walss-Bass; 14. Neurocognitive findings in bipolar disorder David C. Glahn, Carrie E. Bearden and Sophia Frangou; 15. Psychotherapeutic interventions in bipolar disorder Thomas Daniel Meyer; 16. The kindling/sensitization model and the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder Robert M. Post; 17. Biological factors in bipolar disorder in childhood and adolescence Melissa A. Brotman, Banafsheh Sharif-Askary, Daniel P. Dickstein and Ellen Leibenluft; 18. Biological factors in bipolar disorder in late life Brent Forester, Ariel G. Gildengers and Robert C. Young; 19. Perspectives for new pharmacological interventions Charles L. Bowden; 20. Physical health and metabolic dysfunction in bipolar disorder Joshua D. Rosenblat, Danielle S. Cha, Rodrigo B. Mansur and Roger S. McIntyre; 21. Immune dysregulation in bipolar disorder Antonio Lucio Teixeira, Izabela Guimarães Barbosa and Moisés Evandro Bauer; Index.

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Jair C. Soares is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. He is also Director of the UT Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders. Between 1998 and 2002, he co-edited the journal Bipolar Disorders: An International Journal of Psychiatry and Neurosciences and he is currently the joint Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Affective Disorders. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and has also edited three textbooks: Brain Imaging Investigations on Affective Disorders, Bipolar Disorders: Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications, and Handbook of Medical Psychiatry. Allan H. Young holds the Chair of Mood Disorders at King's College London where he is also Director of the Centre for Affective Disorders within the Department of Psychological Medicine in the Institute of Psychiatry. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed publications and a number of books about psychopharmacology and affective disorders, including Bipolar Disorders: Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications and Practical Management of Bipolar Disorder. He is currently President of the International Society for Affective Disorders and Chair of the Psychopharmacology Special Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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