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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      14 August 2009
      01 June 2006
      ISBN:
      9780511544330
      9780521841511
      9780521131247
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511544330
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.252kg, 562 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.89kg, 564 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Medicine, Psychiatry
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    This book provides a comprehensive review of melancholia as a severe disorder of mood, associated with suicide, psychosis, and catatonia. The syndrome is defined with a clear diagnosis, prognosis, and range of management strategies, differentiated from other similar psychiatric, neurological, and general medical conditions. It challenges accepted doctrines in the classification and biology of the mood disorders and defines melancholia as a treatable mental illness. Described for millennia in medical texts and used as a term in literature and poetry, melancholia was included within early versions of the major diagnostic classificatory systems, but lost favour in later editions. This book updates the arguments for the diagnosis, describes its characteristics in detail, and promotes treatment and prevention. The book offers great hope to those with a disorder too often mis-diagnosed and often fatal. It should be read by all those responsible for the management of patients with mood disorders.

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    Review of the hardback:'It is an exceptionally well researched and heavily referenced (50 pages) book and provides a sound source for further reading. … They give clear clinical advice on the management of melancholia and helping those that suffer from it. …If you are already a convert to the melancholia idea then this book will reinforce your view.'

    Source: Psychological Medicine

    Review of the hardback:'… I recommend the book without reservation.'

    Source: Psychiatric Services

    Review of the hardback:'In the preface of Melancholia, the authors assert that one objective of the book is to 'Challenge accepted doctrines' regarding the classification and treatment of depressive illness. To this end, they don't disappoint, approaching this goal with a vigour that emanates from every section.'

    Source: Psychiatric Services

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