Endocrine psychiatry : solving the riddle of melancholia /
The riddle of melancholia has stumped generations of doctors. It is a serious depressive illness that often leads to suicide and premature death. The disease's link to biology has been intensively studied. Unlike almost any other psychiatric disorder, melancholia sufferers have abnormal endocri...
| Основен автор: | Shorter, Edward. |
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| Други автори: | Fink, Max, 1923- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=316637 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Endocrine psychiatry. |
| Резюме: |
The riddle of melancholia has stumped generations of doctors. It is a serious depressive illness that often leads to suicide and premature death. The disease's link to biology has been intensively studied. Unlike almost any other psychiatric disorder, melancholia sufferers have abnormal endocrine functions. Tests capable of separating melancholia from other mood disorders were useful discoveries, but these tests fell into disuse as psychiatrists lost interest in biology and medicine. In the nineteenth century, theories about the role of endocrine organs encouraged endocrine treatments that loo. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (ix, 193 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199745548 0199745544 0199737460 9780199737468 1282544845 9781282544840 |