100 Questions & Answers About Depression,9780763745677

100 Questions & Answers About Depression

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ISBN13: 9780763745677
ISBN10: 0763745677
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-04-30
Publisher(s): Jones & Bartlett
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Summary

Approximately 35 to 40 million Americans will deal with severe depression at some point in their lives. Whether yours"re a newly diagnosed patient, or a friend or relative, this book offers help. The only volume available to provide the doctorrs"s and patientrs"s view, 100 Questions and Answers About Depression gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, advice on coping with depression, sources of support, and much more. Written by two prominent psychiatrists, Drs. Ava T. Albrecht and Charles Herrick, with commentary from both a patient and a family member, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the medical, psychological, and emotional turmoil of this debilitating condition.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Introduction ix
Biography xiii
The Basics
1(26)
Questions 1--10 discuss basic brain chemistry and concepts needed to understand depression, including:
What are emotions, and why do we have them?
What is the difference between thoughts and feelings?
How does the brain affect behavior and regulate emotional states?
Diagnosis
27(26)
Questions 11--24 discuss the recognition and diagnosis of depression, including:
What are the symptoms of depression?
How is depression diagnosed?
What are the different types of depression?
Risk/Prevention/Epidemiology
53(18)
Questions 25--34 discuss risk factors for depression including:
What are the risk factors associated with depression?
Are certain people more susceptible to depression?
I have recently been diagnosed with depression. What are the risks that my children will inherit it?
Treatment
71(60)
Questions 35--66 discuss medications, therapies, treatment indications, and risks, including:
What are the different types of treatment for depression?
Does the type of depression that I have determine the type of treatment I need?
What are the different types of talk therapies, and what do they do?
Associated Conditions
131(14)
Questions 67--73 discuss conditions commonly associated with depression, including:
I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety. How is the combination of conditions treated?
My spouse is drinking a lot of alcohol lately. My friend thinks he might be self-medicating. What does that mean?
Why is my doctor telling me that I need treatment for my addiction when I thought treating the depression would solve my problem?
Special Populations
145(24)
Questions 74--88 discuss depression in children, older persons, women, and the medically ill, including:
Do children get depressed?
The guidance counselor at school thinks that our teenage daughter is depressed. She spends a lot of time in her room. Is this normal teen behavior?
Surviving
169(22)
Questions 89--100 discuss prognosis, confidentiality, and rights, including:
What are my rights to refuse hospitalization?
What are my rights to refuse medication and other treatments?
What are my rights to privacy?
Appendix A 191(4)
Appendix B 195(4)
Glossary 199(10)
Index 209

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