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From a leading medical expert at Johns Hopkins, here is an up-to-the-minute, definitive guide to what s known about depression and how it can be treated.
Around ten percent of North Americans suffer from depression at some point -- and more than half haven t even sought help. Now, Dr. Raymond DePaulo, one of the world s foremost authorities on depression, provides a sensitive, thorough, and reassuring book for sufferers from depression and those who care about them. This practical guide for individuals with depression and their families -- the only totally comprehensive book in the market -- shows readers how to identify the problem, then directs them to the various forms of treatment, including medications, psychotherapy, support groups, and exercise. It is one of the few books to discuss in depth manic depression, the bipolar form of depression. Dr. DePaulo discusses both mainstream (the latest medications and talk therapies) and alternative paths and reveals the truth about the dangerous fallacies that abound about depression. Comprehensive, compassionate, and grounded in the very latest research into brain chemistry, psychology, and medications, this is a definitive, landmark roadmap to one of the most devastating -- and common -- mental illnesses.
Author Notes
J. Raymond DePaulo Jr., M.D., is a professor of psychiatry and Director of the Affective Disorders Clinic at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Internationally known as a clinician, teacher, and research expert on depression and bipolar disorder, Dr. DePaulo has won many awards for research and teaching
Leslie Alan Horvitz is a freelance writer based in New York
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Publisher's Weekly Review
"No one system, organ, or other factor is responsible for depression not one steroid, not one gene, not one neurotransmitter, and not a lesion on one side of the brain or the other. What we seem to have is... a stew with lots of different and exotic ingredients." So explains DePaulo (How to Cope with Depression), psychiatry professor and director of the Affective Mental Disorders Clinic at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, in this thoughtful, exhaustive reference on depression for general readers. DePaulo covers all aspects of the illness what it feels like; who tends to have it (women are two or three times more likely to be diagnosed than men, not necessarily the same thing); the biology of depression; possible courses of therapy; and psychopharmacology. DePaulo also discusses bipolar disorder (manic depression), and he covers both mainstream and alternative treatments. He believes doctors should involve family and friends of the patient (which, though ideal, is probably impractical for doctors on most health-care plans), and explains how the children and other family members of those with depression are affected by the disease. The chapters on finding the right treatment and how doctors make diagnoses will be extremely useful for those suffering from the disease. Though some of the writing is a touch sloppy and clunky, readers will find this an invaluable resource. (Mar.) FYI: Dana Press is the publishing arm of the Dana Foundation, a 40-year-old organization that supports brain research. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | p. v |
Foreword | p. vii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Part 1 Understanding Depression | |
1 The Experience of Depression | p. 9 |
2 The Experience of Mania: Bipolar Disorder | p. 24 |
3 Who Is at Risk for Depression? | p. 36 |
4 Recognizing Depression in All Its Forms and Guises | p. 46 |
5 Stressful Events: When People Get Depressed | p. 64 |
Part 2 Unraveling the Secrets | |
6 What Do We Know About the Brain? | p. 74 |
7 Genes and Depression: The Fateful Inheritance | p. 88 |
8 Hormones, Headaches, and Heart Attacks | p. 95 |
Part 3 Depression and Mania and Destructive Effects on the Whole Person | |
9 Depression, Manic Depression, and Relationships | p. 106 |
10 Destructive Behavior | p. 120 |
11 Facing up to Suicide | p. 132 |
Part 4 Treatments for Depression | |
12 Getting Help for Depression | p. 157 |
13 Making the Diagnosis Is the First Treatment | p. 164 |
14 Medical Treatment | p. 173 |
15 The Different Kinds of Drugs | p. 182 |
16 Psychotherapy: Treating the Person | p. 196 |
17 ECT, Light, and Other Medical Treatments | p. 209 |
18 Alternative Treatments | p. 220 |
19 Hospitalization: A Guide for Patients and Families | p. 229 |
20 Getting Back to Normal | p. 236 |
21 Going Forward | p. 251 |
Appendix A Insurance | p. 262 |
Appendix B Helpful Organizations | p. 266 |
Appendix C Helpful Books | p. 273 |
Glossary | p. 277 |
Bibliography | p. 284 |
Index | p. 289 |