Depression 2001
Oxford University Press
Published on 18. October 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-19-922487-6 (ISBN)
Description
Part of a series of expert reviews on health topics in fields where significant developments are occurring. As a reference source, it allows those working in other specialities and younger clinicians and scientists to update their knowledge in important and well-defined subject areas. The text includes: written and computer-based self-help treatments for depression; developments in understanding the psychosocial aspects of depression; information about depression, suicide and deliberate self-harm in adolescence; insights from neurobiology; and the link between depression and sexual dysfunction.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figs.tabs.
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 190 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-922487-6 (9780199224876)
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Content
Preface; Classification, disability and the public health agenda; Recent developments in understanding the psychosocial aspects of depression; Cultural factors and international epidemiology; Depression, suicide and deliberate self-harm in adolescence; Depression - emerging insights from neurobiology; Depression and sexual dysfunction; Cognitive therapy for depression; Counselling and interpersonal therapies for depression: towards securing an evidence-base; Written and computer-based self help treatments for depression; Meta-analytical studies on new antidepressants; Developments in mood stabilisers; Treatment delivery and guidelines in primary care; Lay attitudes to professional consultations for common mental disorder: a sociological perspective; Stigma of depression - a personal view