The Origins of Depression: Current Concepts and Approaches / Report of the Dahlem Workshop on The Origins of Depression. Berlin 1982, Oct. 31 - Nov. 5. Life Sciences Research Reports 26

Angst, J. (Editor):

ISBN 10: 3540124519 / ISBN 13: 9783540124511

Published by Springer Heidelberg, 1983

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472 Seiten altersentsprechend gebrauchtes gutes Exemplar, Einband leicht berieben, Inhalt ist gut bis sehr gut erhalten ha1008856 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 850.

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• Title: The Origins of Depression: Current Concepts and Approaches / Report of the Dahlem Workshop on The Origins of Depression. Berlin 1982, Oct. 31 - Nov. 5. Life Sciences Research Reports 26
• Publisher: Springer Heidelberg
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540124519
• ISBN 13: 9783540124511
• Binding: Hardcover 21x15
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 850 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

3 and a fraction mayor may not respond to treatment. On the behavioral level, animal research shows that a variety of experimental conditions can induce de­ pression. The same is true in the field of treatment, where pharmacologically highly different drugs can equally alleviate depression in animals and hu­ mans. The question as to whether this is due to a heterogeneity of depressive subjects based on different pathogenetic mechanisms is open to discussion. We can look for common features of all possible causal factors in the hope of finding a single basic mechanism. Many divergent findings may also be ex­ plained as peripheral changes of a highly complicated dynamic system. In the field of psychopharmacology, a circular reasoning has become evident in the sense that originally the clinical antidepressive response was founded on empirical grounds only. In a second step, an attempt was made to characterize some clinically active compounds pharmacologically, and in a third, further compounds were developed based on aspects of the pharmaco­ logical profiles. Moreover, the post hoc development of a pharmacological screening method has the serious disadvantage of delaying breakthroughs into new fields.