Antidepressants

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

Publisher: Birkhauser Basel

Publication Date: Jan 01, 2001

Number of Pages: 164 pages

Binding: Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10: 3764359331

ISBN-13: 9783764359331