Title Reinventing depression : a history of the treatment of depression in primary care, 1940-2004 / Christopher M. Callahan, German E. Berrios

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 214 pages) : illustrations Series OUP E-Books Contents Part I. The Care of Emotional Disorders in Primary Care -- 1. Why Depression? -- 2. The Myth of the Old-Time Doctor -- 3. The Myth of the Old-Time Patient -- 4. A More Accurate Picture of Primary Care at Mid-Century -- 5. Primary Care in Crisis -- Part II. Origins of the Current Treatment Model for Depression -- 6. From World War to Magic Bullets to Mass Strategy -- 7. The Fall and Rise of Specialty Psychiatry -- 8. "Perfect Drugs" for Primary Care -- 9. The Birth of the Current Treatment Model -- 10. From Helping the Doctor to Fixing the System -- Part III. Lessons Learned and Moving Forward -- 11. Boundaries and Limitations -- 12. Dead Reckoning and Moving Forward Summary To inform future research, treatment, and policy decisions, this book traces the scientific and social developments that shaped the current treatment model for depression in primary care over the past half century. While new strategies for diagnosing and treating depression have improved millions of people's lives, there is little evidence that the overall societal burden of depression has decreased. Most experts point to a gap between what psychiatrists know and what primary care; doctors do to explain untreated depression. Callahan and Berrios argue, however, that the problem stems mainly from lack of a public health perspective, that prevailing etiologic models underestimate the roles of society and culture in causing depression and over-emphasize biological factors.; The current conceptual model for depression is a scientific and social invention of the last quarter century. Such models are important because they shape how society views people with emotional symptoms, defines who is sick, and determines who should get care. Most parents who seek treatment for depression receive antidepressant medications in primary care. The authors show that although depressed patients' help-seeking behaviour and primary care doctors' clinical approach have changed little; over the past half century, the field of primary care medicine has changed dramatically. They describe how the specific diagnoses and treatments developed by psychiatrists in the past 50 years have often collided with the non-specific approaches that dominate primary care practice. In examining the; research seeking to close the gap between psychiatry and primary care, Callahan and Berrios offer public health models to explain the ongoing societal burden of depression. By exploring the history of depression in primary care, they open a pathway for improvements in the care of people with depression, where primary care physicians should play a greater leadership role in the future Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-206) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Depression, Mental -- Treatment -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Depression, Mental -- Treatment -- United States -- History -- 20th century Primary care (Medicine) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Primary care (Medicine) -- United States -- History -- 20th century Medicine -- History. Depressive Disorder -- therapy History of Medicine History, 20th Century Primary Health Care -- methods history of medicine. PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Depression. SELF-HELP -- Mood Disorders. SELF-HELP -- Depression. Medicine Depression, Mental -- Treatment Primary care (Medicine) Dépression nerveuse -- Thérapeutique -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e siècle. Dépression nerveuse -- Thérapeutique -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle. Premiers soins -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e siècle. Premiers soins -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle. Great Britain United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Berrios, G. E LC no. 2004047790 ISBN 1423785002 9781423785002 1280533889 9781280533884 9786610533886 6610533881 019803699X 9780198036999

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