Abstract
The new edition is an authoritative, comprehensive, and evidence-based book that captures cutting-edge thinking on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and management of mood disorders. The book reviews the latest research on the role of the immune system in mood disorders. In addition, epigenetics-which is proving useful in understanding depression and bipolar disorder-is explored, giving psychiatrists and other mental health care providers the knowledge, they need to stay abreast of advances.