Depression and Drugs The Neurobehavioral Structure of a Psychologica
In the 1950s, psychiatric "miracle drugs" revolutionized the treatment of depression, improving the quality of life of countless patients. Over half a century and millions of prescriptions later, advances in brain structure, neurochemistry, and genetics a
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Martin M. Katz
Depression and Drugs The Neurobehavioral Structure of a Psychological Storm
SpringerBriefs in Psychology
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Martin M. Katz
Depression and Drugs The Neurobehavioral Structure of a Psychological Storm
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Martin M. Katz Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio Texas USA
ISSN 2192-8363 ISSN 2192-8371 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-00388-7 ISBN 978-3-319-00389-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-00389-4 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013936965 © The Author(s) 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
This is a most impressive work by a pioneer generation psychopharmacologist. In this volume Dr. Martin Katz documents 40 years of research that led him to reconceptualize depression and to develop a methodology for clinical research that could help to break the impasse in developing new antidepressants. Katz entered psychopharmacology in 1957 the year the first reports on imipramine and iproniazid (the first two effective drugs in the treatment of depression) were published. At age 30 he became Executive Secretary of the first Advisory Committee on Psychopharmacology to the National Institute of Health, and as a
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