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Cardiovascular Diseases and Depression
Beschreibung:
Psychiatrist, clinician, researcher and holds the position of Chair of
Psychiatry and Head of the Discipline of Psychiatry at the University of
Adelaide, Australia. Prof. Baune's integrative research approach in
psychiatry is largely at the interface between clinical research, psychiatric
neuroscience and molecular psychiatry, stimulating research on the etiology and
pathophysiology of major psychiatric disorders, Neuropsychiatry, Preventive and
Translational Psychiatry. Areas of major research interest include depression,
psychiatric-medical comorbidity, the neurobiology of mood disorders and the
immunology of major psychiatric disorders.
Dr Phillip J. Tully is a psychologist and
early career fellow in the Discipline of Medicine, The University of Adelaide.
He is a postdoctoral fellow of Bordeaux University (France) and Freiburg
University (Germany) and holds the title of honorary clinical psychologist in
Cardiac Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide. He has provided clinical
psychology supports to hundreds of cardiac patients and extensively researched
the neuropsychiatric correlates of heart diseases.
The world is witnessing a burgeoning global epidemic of chronic cerebro- and cardiovascular disease and depression disorders. The reader will find this comprehensive book to be a long-needed, up-to-date knowledge base on these increasingly recognized comorbid conditions that have long-term consequences for individual function and well-being and society in general. This comprehensive book outlines the complex and bidirectional relationship between various types of depression and cerebro- and cardiovascular diseases. It is written by a range of experts in the field, including psychiatrists, cardiologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and epidemiologists, with the aim of presenting and discussing the most recent evidence on the pathophysiology, neurobiology, and clinical presentation of these common and disabling comorbid conditions and the available pharmacological, psychological, and behavioral interventions. By elucidating the underlying clinical and neurobiological mechanisms in the brain and the rich interplay between the body and the brain biology, the book brings together the latest knowledge of this overlapping area in Psychiatry and Cardiology. The clear descriptions of evidence-based approaches to clinical treatment ensure that it will serve as both an up-to-date overview and a future guide for practicing clinicians and graduate students.