Overview

Major depression affects approximately 10 million Americans or roughly 5% of the population and is the leading cause of disability in the United States. Similarly, alcohol problems, including at-risk drinking, alcohol abuse, and alcohol dependence, are highly prevalent. Patients with depression frequently have alcohol problems. Alcohol problems in depressed patients present diagnostic and management challenges and may adversely affect the course of depression and its response to standard therapies. It is important to understand the psychobiology of the co-morbidity of depression and alcohol use disorders and to develop new treatment modalities for patients with this co-morbidity. This book will contribute to this goal. The contributors to this book are the best international experts in the field of the co-morbidity of depression and alcohol use disorders. This important book will be of interest to physicians, psychologists, mental health counsellors, other clinicians, medical and psychology students, and medical residents.

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Author:   Leo Sher, M.D.
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 26.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 18.00cm
Weight:   0.638kg
ISBN:  

9781606921807

ISBN 10:   1606921800
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   28 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface; The epidemiology of major depression and alcohol dependence; The relationship between depression, alcohol use disorder and coping motives for drinking among Canadian men and women; The alcohol-depression-hypothesis: gender and the prevalence of depression among Jews; Addressing alcohol use among depressed patients; Treatment of comorbid depression and alcohol abuse/dependence with antidepressant medications; Alcohol misuse and seasonal changes in mood and behavior; Adolescence: the emergence of alcohol use and depressive disorders; Clinical features of comorbid depression and alcohol abuse in adolescents; Parental influences on internalizing and externalising pathways to alcohol use and alcohol related problems; The consequences of parental alcohol abuse for psychiatric problems in adolescence; The relationship between insecure attachment and deficits in the ability to cope with stress: Attachment theory as a framework for understanding the etiology of suicidal behaviour and alcohol use disorders; Neuropathology of depression, alcoholism, and their comorbidity in the human prefrontal cortex; Index.

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Leo Sher, MD is a psychiatrist with a background in internal medicine. His areas of research and clinical expertise include neurobiology, diagnosis, and treatment of mood, anxiety, and personality disorders, alcoholism, and suicidal behavior. He is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Director of the Inpatient Psychiatry Service at the James J Peters VA Medical Center in New York. He has authored about 600 scientific publications, is a reviewer for numerous medical journals, the recipient of several awards and the first researcher in North America who introduced the use of the combined dexamethasone suppression/corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test for psychiatric purposes. Dr. Sher has experience as a forensic psychiatric expert and consultant.

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