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...

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1. Verfasser: Shorter, Edward
Weitere Verfasser: Fink, Max, 1923-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 193 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199745548
0199745544
0199737460
9780199737468
1282544845
9781282544840
9786612544842
6612544848

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