Depressive Disorders
Published on 23. July 1999
Book
Hardback
XVI, 490 pages
978-0-471-99905-8 (ISBN)
Description
Takes a unique and highly informative approach to key issues surrounding depressive disorders. The six systematic reviews, written by outstanding authors, focus on topics such as the choice and duration of drug treatment and the cost of depressive disorders. They are accompanied by commentaries giving advice from clinicians of different orientations and countries. This volume: Gives the best available evicence to enable well-informed clinical decision-making Covers developments in diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, economic evaluation and quality improvement Summarises the 'evidence' and the 'experience' providing an unbiased and reliable reference point Comprehensively itemises and evaluates the relevant points It provides insights that will prove invaluable to psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, managers and policy makers.
Reviews / Votes
"I strongly recommend this masterfully edited book, which remarkably succeeds in combining research evidence and clinical experience." "It is probably the most helpful update on depression available today, both for the researcher in mood disorders and the practising clinician." (Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics, Vol 69/5, 2000)More details
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Mario Maj | Norman Sartorius
Depressive Disorders
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12/2002
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Wiley
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Content
Diagnosis; choice and duration of drug treatment; indications and planning of psychotherapies; depressive disorders in children and adolescents; depression in the elderly; costs of depressive disorders.