Handbook of Depression and Anxiety: A Biological Approach, Second Edition, (Medical Psychiatry, 21)

Features new to the second edition of this handbook include measurement scales used in research, breakthroughs in pharmacogenomics, epidemiology, genetics, psychophysiology and pharmacology, and enhanced therapeutic strategies and outcome measures for patient care and management. Addresses the biological aspects of depression and anxiety disorders and reviews current research relating them. Discusses epidemiology, genetics, neurobiology, and etiology of depression and anxiety. Include current measurement scales used in research, the latest research in pharmacogenomics, epidemiology, genetics, psychophysiology, and pharmacology, and enhanced therapeutic strategies and outcome measures for patient care and management For more than 2500 years, physicians have distinguished the clinical conditions we call affective or anxiety disorder from such everyday feelings as fear, restlessness, and despondency.