Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, Vol. 1, 2nd Edition

Kay Redfield Jamison, Frederick K. Goodwin

ISBN 10: 0195331532 / ISBN 13: 9780195331530

Published by Oxford University Press, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, Vol. 1, 2nd Edition
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195331532
• ISBN 13: 9780195331530
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The revolution in psychiatry that began in the 1950s led to dramatic advances in the understanding and treatment of manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder. No other mental illness has been the subject of such extensive, clinically useful, and scientifically productive research. Hailed as the most outstanding book in the biomedical sciences when it was originally published in 1990, Manic-Depressive Illness was the first to survey this massive body of evidence comprehensively and to assess its meaning for both clinician and scientist. It also vividly portrayed the experience of manic-depressive illness from the perspective of patients, their doctors, and researchers. In this magisterial second edition, Drs. Frederick Goodwin and Kay Redfield Jamison, with the assistance of a select team of other leading scientists in the field, exhaustively review the biological and genetic literature that has dominated the field in recent years and incorporate cutting-edge research con

About the Author

Frederick Goodwin is Research Professor of Psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical Center. Kay Redfield Jamison is a Professor of Psychiatry at John's Hopkins University of Medicine.