Biological Rhythms, Mood Disorders, Light Therapy and the Pineal Gland (Progress in Psychiatry): 24 (Clinical Insights) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0880481692 ISBN 13: 9780880481694

Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 1990

Synopsis

Presents the most recent progress made in the study of the pineal gland and its relationship to mood disorders, including major depressive disorders; winter depression; bipolar disorders; premenstrual syndrome (PMS); sleep disorders The use of bright light to treat these disorders is also discussed.

About this title

About the Author

Mohammad Shafii, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. Sharon L. Shafii, R.N., B.S.N., is Editor-in-Residence in Louisville, Kentucky. Ms. Shafii was formerly Assistant Head Nurse in the Adolescent Service at the Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

From the Back Cover

Biological Rhythms, Mood Disorders, Light Therapy, and the Pineal Gland combines the experience of psychiatric clinicians, psychiatric residents, medical students, endocrinologists, psychoimmunologists, neurobiologists, neuroanatomists, and other health professionals to present the most recent progress made in the study of the pineal gland and its relationship to mood disorders, including - major depressive disorders- winter depression- bipolar disorders- premenstrual syndrome (PMS)- sleep disorders

The use of bright light to treat these disorders is also discussed.

From the Inside Flap

Biological Rhythms, Mood Disorders, Light Therapy, and the Pineal Gland combines the experience of psychiatric clinicians, psychiatric residents, medical students, endocrinologists, psychoimmunologists, neurobiologists, neuroanatomists, and other health professionals to present the most recent progress made in the study of the pineal gland and its relationship to mood disorders, including - major depressive disorders- winter depression- bipolar disorders- premenstrual syndrome (PMS)- sleep disorders

The use of bright light to treat these disorders is also discussed.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0880481692
• ISBN 13: 9780880481694
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Shafii MD Mohammad, Shafii RN BSN Sharon Lee