Stress, the brain and depression

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Title:

Author:

Praag, Herman M. van (Herman Meïr), 1929-

ISBN:

9780521621472

Personal Author:

Praag, Herman M. van (Herman Meïr), 1929-

Publication Information:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Physical Description:

xii, 283 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Contents:

1. Diagnosing depression -- 2. Traumatic life events : general issues -- 3. Life events and depression : preliminary issues -- 4. Life events and depression : is there a causal connection? -- 5. Genetics of depression -- 6. Gene-environment correlation and interaction in depression -- 7. Monoamines and depression -- 8. Stress hormones and depression -- 9. Stress, the brain and depression.

Subject Term:

Depression, Mental -- Pathogenesis.

Stress (Physiology) -- Complications.

Brain -- Effect of stress on.

Added Author:

Kloet, E. R. de.

Os, J. van (Jim van)

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam041/2003055889.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam041/2003055889.html

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Summary

Can traumatic life events cause depression? Studies generally point to a connection between adverse life events and depression. However, establishing a causal rather than associative connection, the key concern of this book, is more problematic. What neurobiological changes may be induced by stress and depression, and to what extent do these changes correspond? The authors structure their examination around three major themes: the pathophysiological role of stress in depression; whether or not a subtype of depression exists that is particularly stress-inducible; and, finally, how best to diagnose and treat depression in relation to its biological underpinnings.