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Understanding depression [electronic resource] / Patricia Ainsworth.

By: Ainsworth, Patricia, M.D.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding health and sickness series: Publisher: Jackson, Miss. : University Press of Mississippi, c2000General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-152) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 174 p.) : ill.ISBN: 0585226520 (electronic bk.); 9780585226521 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Depression, Mental | Affective disordersGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 616.85/27 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
What Is Depression? -- Who Gets Depressed? -- The Causes of Depression -- What Happens in the Brain -- Treatment -- Helping the Depressive -- Searching for a Cure -- Sources of Additional Information -- Medications.
Review: "Understanding Depression explores the reality of the illness from the authors twin perspectives as a psychiatrist and as a family member who experienced the tragedy of depression firsthand. Using examples from her practice, she discusses the different type of depression, the kinds of people at risk, and the risk factors of suicide. Using understandable terms, she looks at the way the brain works, how the body communicates with it, and how in depression, as recent discoveries have shown, the process fails." "But understanding depression is only half the battle. Taking personal responsibility for fighting the beast is equally important. Treatment methods, discussed here, include various forms of psychotherapy, different classes of antidepressant medications, and the controversial subjects of "shock" treatment and involuntary treatment."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-152) and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

What Is Depression? -- Who Gets Depressed? -- The Causes of Depression -- What Happens in the Brain -- Treatment -- Helping the Depressive -- Searching for a Cure -- Sources of Additional Information -- Medications.

"Understanding Depression explores the reality of the illness from the authors twin perspectives as a psychiatrist and as a family member who experienced the tragedy of depression firsthand. Using examples from her practice, she discusses the different type of depression, the kinds of people at risk, and the risk factors of suicide. Using understandable terms, she looks at the way the brain works, how the body communicates with it, and how in depression, as recent discoveries have shown, the process fails." "But understanding depression is only half the battle. Taking personal responsibility for fighting the beast is equally important. Treatment methods, discussed here, include various forms of psychotherapy, different classes of antidepressant medications, and the controversial subjects of "shock" treatment and involuntary treatment."--BOOK JACKET.

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