Description
Book Synopsis Melatonin in Psychiatric and Neoplastic Disorders provides psychiatrists, oncologists, endocrinologists, pediatricians, and other health professionals with a thorough examination of the most current research on the role of melatonin in psychiatric and neoplastic disorders.
Trade ReviewPsychiatric readers will most benefit from the excellent chapters on the role of circadian rhythms and melatonin production in patient with mood disorders. This is the area—not, as is widely held by the public, in the treatment of primary insomnia—that currently has the strongest theoretical support for a role of melatonin in the pathophysiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders. . . each chapter is superb. . . psychiatric practitioners trying to update themselves on the scientific support for the use of melatonin in psychiatric disorders and for its appropriate use by the public will find this book an informative addition to their library.
* American Journal of Psychiatry *
This book provides a comprehensive update on this topic and is essential reading for all clinicians.
* Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal *
Table of Contents Evolutionary Development and Neurobiology of the Pineal Gland. Changes in melatonin throughout the life cycle: implications for neurobiology and psychiatry. The structure and evolutionary development of the pineal gland. Melatonin in Psychiatric Disorders in Adults. Melatonin in adult depression. Melatonin in circadian phase sleep and mood disorders. Melatonin and circadian rhythms in bipolar mood disorders. Melatonin in eating and panic disorders. Melatonin in Children and Adolescents. Melatonin in nondepressed and depressed children and adolescents. Melatonin in sleep disorders in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Melatonin and Neoplastic Disorders. Melatonin at the neoplastic cellular level. The melatonin rhythm in cancer patients. Meditation, melatonin, and cancer. Index.
