Depressive Disorders, Third Edition

✍ Scribed by Helen Herrman(eds.)

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 353
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Depressive disorders have profound social and economic consequences, owing to the suffering and disability they cause. They often occur together with somatic illness which worsens the prognosis of both. Prevention, detection and optimal treatment of these disorders are therefore of great clinical and economic importance.

This edition of the first title in the acclaimed Evidence & Experience series from the World Psychiatric Association has been fully revised and features a new section on depression in primary care – the main channel for the management of these disorders in countries around the world.

The format remains a systematic review of each topic, evaluating published evidence, complemented by up to six commentaries in which experts provide valuable insight gained from clinical experience.

• All the evidence, systematically reviewed and analysed, in one place. 
• Practical context imparted in expert commentaries from around the world, which were highly popular in the previous edition.
• Provides an unbiased and reliable reference source for practising psychiatrists and physicians everywhere.
• Features a new section on the treatment of depression in primary care.
• Edited by a highly experienced, internationally renowned team. 

This book will be informative and stimulating reading for everyone working with people with depressive disorders in all countries and settings: psychiatrists, psychologists, primary care physicians and other mental healthcare professionals.

Review of the first edition

“The discussion papers are excellent.  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.” S. Grandi in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 2000Content:
Chapter 1 Diagnosis of Depressive Disorders (pages 1–26): Gordon Parker
Chapter 1a Four Questions and an Alternative (pages 27–30): Sidney Zisook
Chapter 1b The Blurring of Caseness in Depressive Disorders (pages 31–34): Ahmed Okasha
Chapter 1c Fresh Look at Alternatives for Diagnosing Depression (pages 35–36): Santosh K. Chaturvedi
Chapter 1d Severity and Subtypes of Depression (pages 37–39): Jules Angst
Chapter 1e Severe Depression and Melancholia (pages 40–43): William Coryell
Chapter 1f The Need to Functionalise Psychiatric Diagnosis (pages 44–46): Herman M. van Praag
Chapter 2 Pharmacological Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder: A Review (pages 47–74): George I. Papakostas, Per Bech and Maurizio Fava
Chapter 2a Antidepressants: A Well?Evaluated Class of Medications (pages 75–77): Eugene S. Paykel
Chapter 2b Many Variables Affect Clinical Response (pages 78–80): Chee Hong Ng
Chapter 2c Challenges in Concept and Practice (pages 81–83): Cyril Hoschl
Chapter 2d The Relevance to Psychiatry in Developing Countries (pages 84–85): R. Srinivasa Murthy
Chapter 2e New Evidence and Caution (pages 86–87): Inna D'Empaire and Sheldon H. Preskorn
Chapter 2f Specific Actions, Patient Subgroups and Stages of Illness (pages 88–91): Siegfried Kasper
Chapter 2g The French Experience (pages 92–93): Julien D. Guelfi
Chapter 3 Psychotherapies for Depression in Adults: A Review of Recent Developments (pages 95–131): Michael E. Thase
Chapter 3a The Paradox of Evidence?Based Psychotherapy (pages 132–134): Myrna Weissman
Chapter 3b Incorporating the Insights of Psychotherapy Research in Everyday Practice (pages 135–136): Giovanni A. Fava
Chapter 3c Psychotherapy for Depressed Patients in Low? and Middle?Income Countries, Particularly in Asia (pages 137–139): Pichet Udomratn
Chapter 3d Research and Synergies across Countries and Cultures (pages 140–142): Lakshmi Vijayakumar
Chapter 3e A Wider Cultural Perspective (pages 143–144): Yu Xin
Chapter 4 Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Review (pages 145–179): Brian Jacobs and Eric Taylor
Chapter 4a Advances in Understanding Prevention and Treatment and the Needs in Developing Countries (pages 180–182): Atif Rahman
Chapter 4b The Risks of Bipolar Disorder (pages 183–185): Gabrielle A. Carlson
Chapter 4c The Need for Specifically Targeted and Precise Treatments Aiming for Remission (pages 186–188): Benedetto Vitiello
Chapter 4d Childhood Depression is Distinct from Depression in Adolescents and Adults (pages 189–191): Alvin A. Rosenfeld
Chapter 4e Depression in Infants, Children and Adolescents (pages 192–195): Sam Tyano
Chapter 5 Depressive Disorders in the Elderly: A Review (pages 197–257): Edmond Chiu, David Ames, Brian Draper and John Snowdon
Chapter 5a Focusing on Asia (pages 258–259): Kua Ee Heok
Chapter 5b Effective Treatments Despite Diagnostic Complexity and Diverse Populations (pages 260–261): David L. Dunner
Chapter 5c Depression and Anxiety in Dementia Caregivers (pages 262–264): Cornelius Katona and Gill Livingston
Chapter 5d Recognition of Old Age Depression in Chinese (pages 265–267): Mian?Yoon Chong
Chapter 5e Treatment of Depressive Disorders in Elderly Complicated with Medical Co?Morbidities and Multiple Medication Use (pages 268–270): Jana Lincoln and Sheldon H. Preskorn
Chapter 6 Depressive Disorders in Primary Care: A Review (pages 271–318): Simon Gilbody and Linda Gask
Chapter 6a A Paradox of Screening for Mental Disorders in Primary Care and the Importance of Severe Disorders in Developing Countries (pages 319–321): David Goldberg
Chapter 6b Diagnosis, Intervention and the Emergence of the Patient's Voice (pages 322–324): Christopher Dowrick
Chapter 6c Untreated Depression in Mexico – Can Primary Care Make a Difference? (pages 325–327): Maria Elena Medina?Mora
Chapter 6d Understanding the Practice of Primary Health Care (pages 328–330): Jane Gunn