TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rush,A.John
TI  - Mood disorders: systematic medication management
T2  - Modern problems of Pharmacopsychiatry
SN  - 8185457735
U1  - 616.8527 23
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Basel
PB  - Karger
KW  - Mood disorders
KW  - Depression
KW  - Antidepresants
KW  - Psychotropic Drugs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface --  Treatment of major depressions: selection of initial drug -- Declaration of treatment failures -- Augmentation strategies for treatment of unipolar major depression -- Switching strategies for the treatment of uipolar major depression -- Selection of the initial drug(s) in the treatment of bipolar disorder, depressed phase -- treatment of bipolar disorder depressed phase augmentation/ switching strategies -- selection of initial treatment for bipolar disorder manic phase -- Algorithms for bipolar mania --The Psychopharmacological treatment of nonmajor mood disorders -- Depression in patients with somatic diseases -- treatment of depression in the elderly -- The Role of the patient in treatment decisions -- The Decision to use ECT: for whom? when? -- light therapy for depressive disorders: indications and efficacy -- Special treatment issues : maintaining and discontinuing psychotropic medications
N2  - This book is an attempt to synthesize the available scientific evidence and relevant clinical experience and recommend medication guidelines or decision trees for particular types of mood disorders
ER  -