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Biological Rhythms, Mood Disorders, Light Therapy, and the Pineal Gland -

Biological Rhythms, Mood Disorders, Light Therapy, and the Pineal Gland

Buch | Hardcover
240 Seiten
1990
American Psychiatric Association Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-88048-169-4 (ISBN)
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The book combines the experience of psychiatric clinicians, psychiatric residents, medical students, endocrinologists, psychoimmunologists, neurobiologists, neuroanatomists, and other health professionals to present the most recent progress made in the study of the pineal gland and its relationship to mood disorders.
Biological Rhythms, Mood Disorders, Light Therapy, and the Pineal Gland combines the experience of psychiatric clinicians, psychiatric residents, medical students, endocrinologists, psychoimmunologists, neurobiologists, neuroanatomists, and other health professionals to present the most recent progress made in the study of the pineal gland and its relationship to mood disorders, including


• major depressive disorders
• winter depression
• bipolar disorders
• premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
• sleep disorders


The use of bright light to treat these disorders is also discussed.

Mohammad Shafii, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. Sharon L. Shafii, R.N., B.S.N., is Editor-in-Residence in Louisville, Kentucky. Ms. Shafii was formerly Assistant Head Nurse in the Adolescent Service at the Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Comparative Morphology and Physiology of the Pineal Gland. Comparative morphology of the pineal gland. Pineal rhythmicity: neural, behavioral, and endocrine consequences. The Pineal Gland and Mood Disorders in Adults, Adolescents, and Children. Melatonin as a marker for a subgroup of depression in adults. The pineal gland and depressive disorders in children and adolescents. Melatonin and circadian rhythms in bipolar mood disorders. Light Therapy and the Pineal Gland. Bright light, melatonin, and winter depression: the phase-shift hypothesis. Melatonin, light therapy, and premenstrual syndrome. Melatonin rhythm disturbances in mood disorders and sleep.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.6.1990
Zusatzinfo Not illustrated
Verlagsort VA
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 210 mm
Gewicht 454 g
Themenwelt Medizinische Fachgebiete Innere Medizin Endokrinologie
ISBN-10 0-88048-169-2 / 0880481692
ISBN-13 978-0-88048-169-4 / 9780880481694
Zustand Neuware
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