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Amazon.com Books: major depressive disorder
Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on Abnormal psychology.More info: Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion and thought, which may or may not be understood as being a mental disorder.Author: Hephaestus Books Paperback: 424 pages Company: Hephaestus Books (2011-09-02) ISBN: 1243446560 List Price: $35.75 Amazon Price: $27.10 
This patient and family guide to major depressive disorder covers topics such as: what is depression?; what are the signs and symptoms of depression?; who gets depression?; what causes depression?; and how is depression treated?Author: American Psychiatric Association Paperback: 20 pages Company: Amer Psychiatric Pub (2000-08) ISBN: 0890422885 List Price: $35.95 Amazon Price: $5.00 Used Price: $3.95 
Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on Bipolar spectrum.More info: The Bipolar spectrum (BS) refers to a category of mood disorders that feature abnormally elevated mood. These disorders range from Bipolar I disorder, featuring full-blown manic episodes, to cyclothymia, featuring less prominent hypomanic episodes, to "subsyndromal" conditions where only some of the criteria for mania or hypomania are met. These disorders typically also involve depressive symptoms or episodes that alternate with the elevated mood states, or with mixed episodes that feature symptoms of both. The concept of the Bipolar spectrum is similar to that of Emil Kraepelin's original concept of Manic depressive illness. Currently, Manic depressive illness is usually referred to as Bipolar disorder or Bipolar.Author: Hephaestus Books Paperback: 64 pages Company: Hephaestus Books (2011-09-02) ISBN: 1243436999 List Price: $17.75 Amazon Price: $11.03 Used Price: $39.99 
Seven years ago, John McManamy was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Through his successful Web site and newsletter, he has turned his struggles into a lifelong dedication to helping others battling depression and bipolar disorder reclaim their lives. In Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder, he brilliantly blends the knowledge of leading expert authorities with the experiences of his fellow patients, as well as his own, and offers extensive information on: Diagnosing the problem Associated illnesses and symptoms Treatments, lifestyle, and coping The effects of depression and bipolar disorder on relationships and sexWith a compassionate and eloquent voice, McManamy describes his belief that depression is a wide spectrum that reaches from occasional bouts of depression to full-fledged bipolar disorder. The first book to help patients recognize this diversity of the disorder, Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder will help sufferers begin to reclaim their lives. Author: John McManamy Paperback: 416 pages Company: William Morrow Paperbacks (2006-10-17) (2006-10-17) ISBN: 0060897422 List Price: $14.99 Amazon Price: $5.29 Used Price: $0.26 
Most cases of suicide (81 per cent-95 per cent) in the general population involve psychiatric illnesses, nearly half of which (48.5 per cent) are mood disorders. Internationally, the overall average suicide rate has been rising gradually over the past half-century, with increases reported in about half of nations, mainly among men, and moderate decreases found in another half, including in Northern Europe and North America. This book reviews whether the use of antidepressants is associated with benefits in terms of completed or attempted suicide, whether the increasing use of SSRIs is associated with benefits in terms of decreased rates of suicide with the aim of generating evidence-based suggestions for clinicians.Author: Maurizio Pompili, Paolo Girardi, David Lester, Roberto Tatarelli Paperback: 48 pages Company: Nova Science Pub Inc (2011-03-31) ISBN: 1617283789 List Price: $49.00 Amazon Price: $49.00 
People who may be suffering from depression or manic disorders actually exhibit or show each and every kind of symptom of depression that doctors will tell you that depressed people have. Sometimes it's actually quite easy to overlook such symptoms and not be able to help one's self or others who are suffering from depression for that matter.There are actually a lot of symptoms of depression that depressed people may actually posses but they don't have to suffer from each and every one of them before you actually help them get diagnosed and be treated for this illness. Also, since symptoms of depression actually vary, the time of their "attacks" varies as well. Author: John Parker Kindle Edition: 41 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2011-07-15) (2011-07-15) List Price: $2.99 Amazon Price: 
Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on Mood disorders.More info: Mood disorder is the term designating a group of diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV TR) classification system where a disturbance in the person's mood is hypothesized to be the main underlying feature. The classification is known as mood (affective) disorders in ICD 10.Author: Hephaestus Books Paperback: 230 pages Company: Hephaestus Books (2011-09-02) ISBN: 1243426330 List Price: $25.75 Amazon Price: $17.96 
Depression effects over 20 million people in the US at any given time. This condensed review of the diagnosis and treatment of depression is written in a jargon-free, easy-to-reference format. It describes the environmental and the biological causes of depression along with corresponding treatment strategies. Fifteen predictors of suicide are reviewed along with 6 steps to managing suicide risk. Learn about different psychotherapy treatments and what is known about the effectiveness of medications vs. psychotherapy.Author: Anton O. Tolman Paperback: 84 pages Company: Compact Clinicals (1995-12) ISBN: 1887537104 List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $130.72 Used Price: $5.87 Paperback:
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Company: American Psychiatric Press (1984) ISBN: 0880480610 List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price: $11.13 
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| See also: Clinical Depression, Depression Recovery |
