Depressive States (Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Treatment) – 1962 Vintage Soviet Psychiatry
Author: Prof. Efim S. Averbukh
Language: Russian
Year: 1962
Publisher: Leningrad University Press
Institution: V. M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute

Description

Offered is a rare first edition of "Depressive States" by Prof. Efim Solomonovich Averbukh, published in 1962 by Leningrad University Press under the auspices of the prestigious V. M. Bekhterev Institute.

This monograph represents a foundational work in Soviet psychiatry, comprehensively covering the diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment of depressive disorders at a pivotal moment in psychiatric history — the dawn of the antidepressant era.

About the Author

Prof. E. S. Averbukh was a leading Soviet psychiatrist at the Bekhterev Institute in Leningrad. His work bridged classical clinical psychiatry with emerging biological understandings of affective disorders.

About the Book

Written at the intersection of traditional psychopathology and the new age of psychopharmacology, this book addresses depressive states from multiple angles:

• Psychological and psychopathological foundations

• Psychosomatic relationships in depression

• Etiology and pathogenesis

• Clinical features and nosological classification

• Treatment approaches (including the new antidepressants of the era)

The preface emphasizes the importance of historical understanding, methodological rigor, and philosophical worldview in approaching the study of depression.

Contents

Chapter I: Psychology and Psychopathology of Depressive States

• Melancholic syndrome

• Anxious-depressive syndrome

• Depressive-hypochondriac syndrome

• Astheno-depressive syndrome

• Depersonalization-depressive syndrome

• Obsessive-depressive syndrome

Chapter II: Psychosomatic Relationships in Depressive States

Chapter III: Etiology of Depressive States

Chapter IV: Pathogenesis and Mechanisms

• Pathogenesis of astheno-depressive syndrome

• Pathogenesis of depressive-hypochondriac syndrome

Chapter V: Clinical Features and Nosological Classification

• Depressive reactions

• Psychogenic depression

• Endogenous depression (depressive phase of MDP)

• Vascular (vasogenic) depressions

• Involutional depression

• Senile depression

• Somatic depressions

• Postpartum depression

• Other symptomatic depressions

• Depressive states in organic brain lesions

• Depressive states in other psychoses

• Classification of depressive states

Chapter VI: Therapy and Prevention of Depressive States

Bibliography: 168 references

Publication Details

• Author: Efim Solomonovich Averbukh

• Title: Depressive States (Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Treatment)

• Publisher: Leningrad University Press

• Year: 1962

• Print Run: 2,200 copies (small, scholarly edition)

• Format: 60×90⅛

• Pages: 12.25 printed sheets / 14.83 publisher's sheets

• Binding: Hardcover (cloth)

• Language: Russian

• Price (original): 1 ruble 20 kopecks (cloth binding)

Submitted for typesetting: August 31, 1961
Signed for printing: November 14, 1961

Condition

The book is a Soviet-era edition from 1962 in good antiquarian condition, consistent with its age. Small print run (2,200 copies) makes this a relatively scarce item. Please request additional photos for detailed condition assessment.

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