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Overcoming Depression:
The Respected Reference for the
Millions who Suffer Depression and Manic Depression and for their
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This definitive resource
has become one most often recommended by doctors to their
patients.
- Written clearly & sympathetically
- State-of-the-art medical advice
- Empowers
patients & families to actively participate in diagnosis
& treatment
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by Demitri F. Papolos, M.D. & Janice
Papolos
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Paperback
ISBN:
0060927828
3rd Edition
432 Pages
Pub
2/1/97
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Revised edition includes:
- the latest info on Prozac &
other antidepressants
- expanded section on methods &
benefits of psychological treatments
- detailed instructions on charting
mood disorders
- recent studies giving clues to
possible causes of these depressive disorders
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~~~ Table of Contents
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Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface to the First Edition
ONE: About the Illness
- 1. The Personal Experience
- 2. Diagnosing the Disorders
- 3. The Search for Genetic
Markers
- 4. What Causes These Disorders
?
TWO: About The Treatment
- 5. The Somatic Therapies:
Medications and ECT
- 6. Working Through: Denial,
Acceptance, and the Psychotherapies
- 7. Charting Mood Disorders:
The Course of Illness
- 8. Special Aspects of the
Disorders:
- Seasonal Affective Disorders
- Mood Disorders in Children
and the Elderly
- Mood Disorders and Pregnancy
- 9. How to Get Good Treatment
THREE: Living With The Illness
- 10. The Family and the Illness
- 11. Coping with Hospitalization
- 12. Underwriting the Illness:
The World of Insurance
- FOUR: Coming Full Circle
- 13. Recovery and the World
Outside
Appendices:
- 1. Cycle Chart
- 2. The Affective Disorders
Questionnaire
- 3. Organizing and Publicizing
a Manic-Depressive Support Group
- 4. Support Organizations
Bibliography
Index
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