Managing Depression in Clinical Practice - Softcover

Friedman, Edward S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849964645 ISBN 13: 9781849964647

Verlag: Springer, 2010

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Managing Depression in Clinical Practice provides an overview of the clinical manifestation, diagnosis and management of this debilitating condition. The text offers practical coverage of depression in special populations, long-term treatment, and the management of treatment non-response.

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Dr Edward Friedman (USA) is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of the Depression Research & Treatment Program, a research group that has the distinction of participating in many prestigious National Institute of Mental Health programs on mood disorders research in the US. Dr. Friedman is Director of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Adult Ambulatory Pharmacotherapy at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. Dr Friedman is an is an internationally recognized and widely published expert in pharmacotherapy and cognitive therapy. He serves as a reviewer on a number of psychiatric journals and a principal investigator on a number of ongoing research studies in the areas of depression and bipolar disorder. Professor Ian Anderson (UK) is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manchester and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust. He was a Medical Research Council Training Fellow in Oxford and obtained his MD on the investigation of serotonin function in depression and in the action of antidepressant drugs. He is Director of the Specialist Service for Affective Disorders in Manchester, which he founded in 2001 as a multidisciplinary tertiary service for treatment-resistant depression and bipolar disorder. His current research interests concern the role of serotonin in the aetiology and treatment of affective disorders, functional brain imaging of neurotransmitter function and evidence-based psychiatry. He is lead author of the British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines on the use of antidepressants in the treatment of depression. He is currently Chair of the NICE Clinical Guideline Development Group.

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An estimated 21 million people are diagnosed each year with a major depressive disorder in the USA, Western Europe and Japan. The economic cost of depression and its impact on sufferers and those around them is enormous. There are numerous therapy choices available, which can be daunting for the clinician trying to achieve the best treatment regimen. Managing Depression in Clinical Practice provides a concise overview of the clinical manifestation, diagnosis and management of this debilitating condition. The book gives practical coverage of depression in special populations, the management of treatment non-response and long-term treatment. Managing Depression in Clinical Practice is intended as an accessible text for family practitioners and psychiatrists in training and in practice. It will also be of interest to specialist nurses and allied health professionals working in the field.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1849964645
• ISBN 13: 9781849964647
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 108
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