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Pharmacopsychiatry 2004; 37: 148-151
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832669
Affective Disorders
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Affective Disorders: Basic Principles Regarding Clinical Course, Long-Term Therapeutic and Prophylactic Strategies

A. Marneros1
  • 1Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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16 November 2004 (online)

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Affective disorders, mainly depressive and bipolar afflictions are life-long recurrent diseases and require constant treatment and prophylaxis. Both acute and maintenance therapeutic strategies have to be applied to the special subgroups of the depressive and bipolar spectrum. Despite the development of new pharmacological agents and psychotherapeutical settings, the long-term prognosis, especially functional outcome, did not change considerably in comparison to past decades.

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Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. Andreas Marneros

Direktor der Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

06097 Halle/Saale

Germany

Phone: +49 345 5573651

Fax: +49 345 5573607

Email: andreas.marneros@medizin.uni-halle.de