Antidepressants (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783764359331)

Clinical issues.- Long-term course, comorbidity and long-term outcome in depressive disorders.- Do antidepressants really take several weeks to show effect?.- Commentary on the limitation of antidepressants in current use.- Mechanisms of action.- Mechanisms underlying the speed of onset of antidepressant response.- Calcium signaling cascades, antidepressants and major depressive disorders.- Markers of depression.- The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and antidepressant action.- Neuroendocrine markers of depression and antidepressant drug action.- Brain cytokines and the psychopathology of depression.- The future of antidepressants.- Chemistry and pharmacology of novel antidepressants.

Author: B. E. Leonard
ISBN-10: 3764359331
ISBN-13: 9783764359331
Publisher: Birkhauser Basel
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2001
Pages: 164
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.44d