Depression
By: Danuta Wasserman
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: The facts; Facts (Oxford, England)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780199602933
Subjects: Mental Depression
Notes: Previous ed.: 2006.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: PART 1: SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION: Sorrow and natural depondency; title: Mood disorders; title: Seasonal depressions; title: Depression in childhood and adolescence; title: Women, men, and depression; title: The elderly and depression; title: Physical illness, pain, symptoms, and depression; title: Substance abuse and depression; title: Eating disturbances and depression; title: Anxiety and depression; title: Sleep and depression; title: PART 2: CAUSES OF DEPRESSION: Biological theories on the causes of depression; title: Psychological theories of depression; title: Nature or nuture: what matters most?; title: PART 3: TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION: When to see a doctor and subsequent treatment; title: Treatment with antidepressent medication; title: Sexuality, depression, and antidepressent medication; title: Electroconvulsive therapy and light therapy; title: Psychological forms of treatment; title: Advise to family members; title: Self-help in depression; title: Suicide and depression when zest for life is gone.