Endocrine Psychiatry - Solving the Riddle of Melancholia

Informationen zum Autor Edward Shorter, PhDProfessor of the History of MedicineHannah Chair in the History of MedicineProfessor of PsychiatryFaculty of MedicineUniversity of TorontoMax Fink, MDProfessor of Psychiatry and Neurology EmeritusSchool of MedicineState University of New York at Stony BrookNew York, NY Klappentext Melancholia, a severe form of depression, has stumped generations of clinicians. In the mid twentieth century it was connected to dysfunctions between the brain and the endocrine system. The authors trace the rise and fall of endocrine psychiatry from 1900 to the present in an effort to solve the mystery of melancholia. Zusammenfassung Melancholia, a severe form of depression, has stumped generations of clinicians. In the mid twentieth century it was connected to dysfunctions between the brain and the endocrine system. The authors trace the rise and fall of endocrine psychiatry from 1900 to the present in an effort to solve the mystery of melancholia.

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• Autori: Max Fink, Fink Max, Edward Shorter, Edward (Jason A. Hannah Professor of the History of Medici Shorter, Edward/ Fink Shorter, Shorter Edward
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.05.2010
• EAN: 9780199737468
• ISBN: 978-0-19-973746-8
• Pagine: 224
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche non cliniche; General practice, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / Practice Management & Reimbursement, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Clinical psychology, General Practice / Family Medicine