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THE TYPES OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1973The present report begins with a review of the literature and proceeds through a discussion which develops models for three major classes of. affective disturbance: normal grief, primary depression, and mania.
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Pharmacogenetics in affective disorders
European Journal of Pharmacology, 2002Pharmacogenetics will be of substantial help in the field of affective disorders pharmacotherapy. The possible definition of a genetic liability profile for drug side-effects and efficacy will be of great help in treatments that need weeks to months to be effective.
Alessandro, Serretti +2 more
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Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 1998
The widespread effect of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) in clinical settings as well as other sectors of public health has drawn much research attention lately, which has raised in the field many contentious issues about this condition. This article reviews current literature on SAD, presenting the historical background, diagnostic criteria ...
Tatia M. C. Lee +5 more
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The widespread effect of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) in clinical settings as well as other sectors of public health has drawn much research attention lately, which has raised in the field many contentious issues about this condition. This article reviews current literature on SAD, presenting the historical background, diagnostic criteria ...
Tatia M. C. Lee +5 more
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Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 2009
The authors claim psychiatric mental health nurses, particularly those in private practice, must recognize symptom patterns of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) so that appropriate treatment, including holistic modalities, can be instigated. Using a case study presentation, the authors describe the disorder and atypical phototherapy treatment.
F K, Bushnell, V, DeForge
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The authors claim psychiatric mental health nurses, particularly those in private practice, must recognize symptom patterns of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) so that appropriate treatment, including holistic modalities, can be instigated. Using a case study presentation, the authors describe the disorder and atypical phototherapy treatment.
F K, Bushnell, V, DeForge
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The Biology of Affective Disorders
Annual Review of Neuroscience, 1979The clinical features, genetic data, psychopharmacological studies, hormonal abnormalities, and biochemical observations all serve to define major depressive illness as an inherited neurochemical disorder affecting the hypothalamus, and probably involving monoamine pathways.
E J, Sachar, M, Baron
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Pediatrics In Review, 2015
Depressive disorders are common in children and adolescents, with estimates for depressive episodes as high as 18.2% for girls and 7.7% for boys by age 17 years, and are a major cause of morbidity and even mortality. The primary care pediatrician should be able to (1) diagnose depressive disorders and use standardized instruments; (2) ask about suicide,
Michael H, Tang, Elizabeth G, Pinsky
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Depressive disorders are common in children and adolescents, with estimates for depressive episodes as high as 18.2% for girls and 7.7% for boys by age 17 years, and are a major cause of morbidity and even mortality. The primary care pediatrician should be able to (1) diagnose depressive disorders and use standardized instruments; (2) ask about suicide,
Michael H, Tang, Elizabeth G, Pinsky
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Mortality in affective disorders
Journal of Affective Disorders, 2001To investigate the mortality rates in affective disorders due to unnatural and natural causes with respect to illness subtype and social-demographic features.Mortality data were determined from a prospective study of 354 outpatients with affective disorders during a follow-up period of 5 years.
B, Schneider, M J, Müller, M, Philipp
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Serotonin in Affective Disorders
International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1992Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) is a signalling molecule within the central nervous system. Overall, the impression gained from biochemical, pharmacological, and neuroendocrine studies is that 5-HT synthesis or function is reduced in the brains of depressed patients.
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Therapy of Affective Disorders
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1990The key to the proper treatment of affective disorder is a correct diagnosis of the subtype of depressive illness. Thus, primary treatment recommendations include the TCAs for a depressive episode; ECT for a depressive episode with psychotic features; and MAOIs for dysthymic disorder and atypical depressive episodes.
B, Alexander, B, Cook
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The Course of Affective Disorders
Psychopathology, 2010Onset, course, and outcome of affective disorders were studied prospectively – at 5-year intervals, until 1980 – in 406 patients admitted to the Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, between 1959 and 1963. A few results are summarized. Bipolar I and bipolar II disorders take a very similar course.
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