| Description |
407 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Definitions -- 2. Causes -- 3. Epidemiology -- 4. History of current concepts -- 5. Preparation for making diagnoses -- 6. Diagnosis and evaluation -- 7. Formal diagnostic classifications -- 8. Psychodynamics and psychopathology : developmental issues -- 9. Differential diagnosis -- 10. Borderlands of mood disorders -- 11. Suicide and the mood disorders -- 12. Strategy -- 13. Biological therapy -- 14. Psychotherapy -- 15. Combined treatment : drugs and psychotherapy -- 16. Course, outcome, and prognosis -- 17. Childhood -- 18. Adolescence -- 19. Early adult life -- 20. Late life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Depression, Mental -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Affective disorders -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| LC no. |
2005005631 |
| ISBN |
076570384X cloth alkaline paper |
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