Depressive Disorders

Mario Maj, Norman Sartorius

John Wiley & Sons, 2002 - Medical - 489 pages

From Chapter 1 "Depression, like many other mental disorders, is characterised by the presence of a number of symptoms which are changeable over time." Among these symptoms are a depressed mood and a loss of interest; physical and cognitive changes may also occur. Because of difficulties in diagnosis (and varied criteria) only estimates in the global number of cases of depression can be made. Some estimates put it in front of chronic heart disease as a health problem and cause of death.

This revised edition covers developments in diagnosis, theraphy, prognosis, economic evaluation and quality improvement.
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Contents

• I: 1
• II: 52
• III: 54
• IV: 57
• V: 59
• VI: 63
• VII: 65
• VIII: 68
• IX: 71
• X: 73
• XI: 75
• XII: 77
• XIII: 79
• XIV: 82
• XV: 83
• XVI: 85
• XVII: 89
• XVIII: 129
• XIX: 131
• XX: 133
• XXI: 135
• XXII: 138
• XXIII: 140
• XXIV: 142
• XXV: 144
• XXVI: 146
• XXVII: 148
• XXVIII: 150
• XXIX: 152
• XXX: 155
• XXXI: 157
• XXXII: 159
• XXXIII: 161
• XXXIV: 207
• XXXV: 209
• XXXVI: 212
• XXXVII: 214
• XXXVIII: 216
• XXXIX: 219
• XL: 221
• XLI: 223
• XLII: 226
• XLIII: 228
• XLIV: 230
• XLV: 233
• XLVI: 267
• XLVII: 269
• XLVIII: 271
• XLIX: 273
• L: 276
• LI: 278
• LII: 281
• LIII: 283
• LIV: 286
• LV: 289
• LVI: 292
• LVII: 295
• LVIII: 297
• LIX: 299
• LX: 304
• LXI: 306
• LXII: 309
• LXIII: 313
• LXIV: 364
• LXV: 366
• LXVI: 369
• LXVII: 371
• LXVIII: 373
• LXIX: 376
• LXX: 379
• LXXI: 382
• LXXII: 384
• LXXIII: 386
• LXXIV: 388
• LXXV: 390
• LXXVI: 392
• LXXVII: 394
• LXXVIII: 396
• LXXIX: 398
• LXXX: 401
• LXXXI: 450
• LXXXII: 452
• LXXXIII: 456
• LXXXIV: 459
• LXXXV: 461
• LXXXVI: 463
• LXXXVII: 465
• LXXXVIII: 468
• LXXXIX: 470
• XC: 472
• XCI: 474
• XCII: 476
• XCIII: 478

About the author

Mario Maj is Professor of Psychiatry and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples, Italy.

Norman Sartorius is one of the most prominent and influential psychiatrists of his generation. He has served as Director of the Division of Mental Health at the World Health Organization, and subsequently President of the World Psychiatric Association. He has held professorial appointments at the Universities of Geneva, Prague, New York and Zagreb. He is a member of the Council of the World Psychiatric Association and of the Expert Advisory Panel of the World Health Organization. He is an Honorary Professor of the University of London, a professor at the Universities of Zagreb and Prague and held or holds professorial appointments at the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Geneva and at several other universities in Europe, the USA and China; he is a Senior Associate of the Faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore. He has written over 300 scientific papers and co-authored or edited over 40 books.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Depressive Disorders; WPA Series in Evidence & Experience in Psychiatry
• Editors: Mario Maj, Norman Sartorius
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2002
• ISBN: 0470849657, 9780470849651
• Length: 489 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Psychiatry / General; Self-Help / Depression