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One hundred years ago in 1899 Emil Kraepelin, Professor of Psychiatry in Heidelberg and later in Munich created, in two very important pieces of work, the concept of "manisch-depressives Irresein" ("manic-depressive insanity"). The first was entitled Die klinische Stellung der Melancholie(The Clinical Position of Melancholia), and the second publication was the sixth edition of his textbook. In the same year Kraepelin's pupil and colleague, Wilhelm Weygandt, published his book Über die Mischzustände des Manisch- Depressiven Irreseins (On the Mixed States of Manic-Depressive Insanity). A century after Kraepelin's creation of "manic-depressive insanity", we celebrate. Is this really appropriate? We believe it is firmly established that the "folie circulaire" of Jean-Pierre Falret or the "folie à double forme" of Jules Baillarger differs from recurrent depression, which is also different from Kraepelin's "manic-depressive insanity". Yet the answer to the question of xvi Preface whether it is appropriate to celebrate is clear: Yes. This not only because the work of Emil Kraepelin is fundamental in the true sense of the word. There can be no doubt that Emil Kraepelin is the most important founder of modern psychiatry. Just one of the many reasons for this opinion is his enormous contribution to the definition, description and diagnosis of affective disorders.
List of contents
Bipolar disorders: roots and evolution.- The soft bipolar spectrum: footnotes to Kraepelin on the interface of hypomania, temperament and depression.- The mixed bipolar disorders.- Rapid-cycling bipolar disorder.- Bipolar schizoaffective disorders.- Bipolar disorders during pregnancy, post partum and in menopause.- Adolescent-onset bipolar illness.- Bipolar disorder in old age.- Temperament and personality types in bipolar patients a historical review.- Interactional styles in bipolar disorder.- Comorbidity in bipolar affective disorder.- The genetic epidemiology of bipolar disorder.- Genetics of bipolar affective disorder.- The biology of bipolar disorder.- Cyclicity and manic-depressive illness.- Bipolar shifts as disorders of the bi-hemispheric integration of language: implications for the genetic origins of the psychotic continuum.- Mood stabilizers in bipolar disorder.- Antipsychotics in acute mania.- Antidepressant treatment of bipolar depression.- The prognosis of bipolar disorders: course and outcome.- The costs of treatment of bipolar disorder.- Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: Unifying the concept of psychosis through brain morphology.- On entities and continuities of bipolar disorders.
About the author
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. Andreas Marneros, geb. 1946 auf Zypern, studierte Medizin in Thessaloniki. Seit 1973 an deutschen Universitäten tätig. 1980 Habilitation, 1983 Berufung zum Professor für Klinische Psychiatrie in Köln. 1985 Berufung auf den Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Psychologie und Allgemeine Psychopathologie an der Universität Bonn. Seit 1992 Lehrstuhlinhaber und Direktor der Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Preisträger des Richard-von-Krafft-Ebing-Forschungspreises für originelle Forschung in forensischer Psychiatrie und des und des Emil-Kraepelin-Preises für seine Psychosenforschung. Gelistet in den Führenden Wissenschaftlern der deutschsprachigen Medizin".
Summary
This text describes the history and the evolution of concepts of bipolar disorders from ancient Greece to modern times. All areas of the subject are discussed, including temperament, biological parameters, genetics, schizoaffective bipolars, mixed states, treatment drugs, and long term prognosis.
