Biological aspects of affective disorders / edited by R.W. Horton and C.L.E. Katona.

London ; San Diego : Academic Press : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, publishers, [1991]

xiii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Copy 1. Donor: Family of Martin Roth.

Classification of affective and related psychiatric disorders / Sir Martin Roth -- Physical treatments for depression / Stephen Merson and Peter Tyrer -- Evolution of the monoamine hypotheses of depression / James C. Pryor and Fridolin Sulser -- Peripheral markers in affective disorders / J.M. Elliott -- Neuroendocrine challenge tests in affective disorders : implications for future pathophysiological investigations / Pedro L. Deldado and Dennis S. Charney -- Post-mortem studies of neurotransmitter biochemistry in depression and suicide / S.C. Cheetham, C.L.E. Katona and R.W. Horton -- Biological rhythms in the pathophysiology and treatment of affective disorders / Janis L. Anderson and Anna Wirz-Justice -- Mania / Trevor Silverstone -- Genetic aspects of affective disorders / Larry Rifkin and Hugh Gurling.

Includes bibliographical references and index.