About this ebook
Mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder are common mental illnesses, affecting millions of patients worldwide. The application of newly available brain imaging methods to the study of mood disorders holds substantial promise in uncovering the brain mechanisms affected in these illnesses. This comprehensive and authoritative text features contributions from leading international experts, providing easily accessible information on the study of the brain mechanisms involved in the causation of mood disorders and the available treatments. Topics covered include the potential of magnetoencephalography (MEG), neuroimaging brain inflammation in depression, electrophysiology studies in mood disorders, and the applications of machine learning, filling an important gap in available neuropsychiatric literature and highlighting new developments. An invaluable resource for practitioners in the fields of psychiatry, neurology, primary care medicine, and related mental health professions, as well as researchers, students, graduate and post-graduate trainees.
About the author
Sudhakar Selvaraj is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Louis A. Faillace, M.D. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.
Paolo Brambilla is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Milan and Director of the Psychiatric Clinic at Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico in Milan in Italy.
Jair C. Soares is Professor and Chairman of the Louis A. Faillace, M.D. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Pat R. Rutherford, Junior Chair in Psychiatry at the McGovern Medical School and Executive Director at Harris County Psychiatric Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.
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