New Results in Depression Research

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Murnau and the History of Psychiatry....Pages 1-6
Evidence for Increase in Rates of Depression in North America and Western Europe in Recent Decades....Pages 7-15
The Affective Disorders: Results from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study (ECA)....Pages 16-25
The Course of Major Depression, Atypical Bipolar Disorder, and Bipolar Disorder....Pages 26-35
Validating Depressive Subtypes....Pages 36-44
Personality and Bipolar Disorder....Pages 45-52
Self-Report Inventories in the Study of Depression....Pages 53-58
Bereavement and Its Relation to Clinical Depression....Pages 59-69
Familial Classification of Depressive Illnesses....Pages 70-78
Recent Genetic Findings in Mood Disorders....Pages 79-89
Repeated Treatment with Antidepressant Drugs: Responses Mediated by Brain Dopamine Receptors....Pages 90-98
Latest Findings in the Treatment of Depression....Pages 99-111
Treatment of Atypical Depression: Phenelzine, Imipramine, and Placebo....Pages 112-117
Biology, Therapeutics, and Prophylaxis in Recurrent Depression....Pages 118-125
Reduced Lithium Dosage Improves Prophylaxis A Possible Mechanism....Pages 126-130
Effects of Lithium on Cell Membranes: Relation to Prophylactic Response....Pages 131-144
Dimensional Classification as an Instrument for Biological Research in Endogenous Depression....Pages 145-155
Biochemical Markers of Serotonin Functions in Depression and Suicidal Behavior....Pages 156-168
A Biochemical and Neuroendocrine Study of the Serotonergic System in Depression....Pages 169-188
Responses to Clonidine in Acute and Remitted Depressed Patients....Pages 189-195
Investigations of the Cholinergic-Adrenergic Balance in Affective Disorders....Pages 196-204
The Role of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenocortical System in Depression....Pages 205-216
Studies of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenocortical System: An Example of Progress in Psychoneuroendocrinology....Pages 217-249
Pharmacoendocrine Studies in Healthy Subjects and Depressed Patients....Pages 250-260
Back Matter....Pages 261-263