The Thyroid Axis and Psychiatric Illness

Russell T. Joffe, Anthony J. Levitt (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

368 Seiten

1993
American Psychiatric Association Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-88048-364-3 (ISBN)

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This book assembles the latest information about the relationship between thyroid state and behavior. It is intended to serve as a reference for both the basic scientist and the clinician in the field of psychiatry and the behavioral sciences.

The Thyroid Axis and Psychiatric Illness also presents the controversies, ambiguities, and unanswered questions that will be left to the future to resolve. This book not only provides information about the role of the thyroid axis in psychiatric illness, it is also designed to promote further research and understanding of this complex subject.

Basic Principles. Cerebral versus peripheral regulation and utilization of thyroid hormones. Nutrition, energy metabolism, and thyroid hormones. Interactions between thyroid hormones and other endocrine systems. The hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis: clinical and theoretical. Clinical Principles. Psychiatric aspects of thyroid disease. The thyroid and depression. The thyroid and anxiety disorders. Interrelationship between the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and alcoholism. The thyroid and eating disorders. The thyroid and schizophrenia. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.4.1993
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Verlagsort	VA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	726 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	0-88048-364-4 / 0880483644
ISBN-13	978-0-88048-364-3 / 9780880483643
Zustand	Neuware