Affective Disorders

This volume presents the proceedings of the Mount Fuji Symposium, where internationally eminent psychiatrists and researchers examined current biological theories regarding the apthogenesis of depression. Topics covered include a neurochemist's perspective on depression and stress; a-adrenoceptor function in depression; B-phenylethylamine, neuropeptide Y, and noradrenergic function in depression; MAO activity in affective disorders; pseudodementia and depressive pseudodementia; a clincal study of the precipitation of mania; positron emission tomography studies of affective disorders; depression and suicide; and the pharmacotherapy of depression in Japan. The book concludes with an up-to-date review of strategies for preventing affective disorders.