Understanding and Treating Depression
Ways to Find Hope and Help
Rudy Nydegger
ISBN:
0-275-99856-8
ISBN-13:
978-0-275-99856-1
240 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication:
8/30/2008
Availability:
In Stock
Media Type:
Hardcover
Trim Size:
6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Reviews:
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"… explores the history, treatments, culture, and influences on depression, opening chapters with vignettes and interviews to illustrate the topic and main points. From the latest and emerging research to different types of depression and life cycle issues, Understanding and Treating Depression is a powerful key to understanding."
—California Bookwatch
1/1/2009
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"In vignettes, the reader meets individuals who have struggled with depression and can explain the emptiness, fatigue, and emotional pain of depression and its frequent suicidal impulses. In sum, Nydegger invites the reader to walk with those who are depressed and see the world from their perspective--recognizing their courageous struggle and sympathizing with their pain, silence, and loss. Essential. Academic, professional, and general readers; all levels."
—CHOICE
2/1/2009
Description:
In any given year, 10 percent of the population - or about 21 million people - suffers from a depressive disorder. Most do not seek professional help although the great majority could find relief with treatment. And that not only causes hundreds of thousands of dollars in economic costs annually from work slowdown and accidents to illnesses and suicides, the wider picture is that depression hurts not only the person at issue, but millions more who are family members or other loved ones. The problem has become so pervasive yet often ignored that a major pharmaceutical company has launched commercials focused on informing the public that Depression hurts, everywhere, and can surface not only as psychological aches but also physical pains and illness. This book offers a one-stop source that explains the history, increasing incidence, diagnosis, costs, treatment, and many faces of depression across ages, gender, culture, ethnicity, socioeconomic group, and sexual identity.
In any given year, 10 percent of the population - or about 21 million people - suffers from a depressive disorder. Most do not seek professional help although the great majority could find relief with treatment. And that not only causes hundreds of thousands of dollars in economic costs annually from work slowdown and accidents to illnesses and suicides, the wider picture is that depression hurts not only the person at issue, but millions more who are family members or other loved ones. The problem has become so pervasive yet often ignored that a major pharmaceutical company has launched commercials focused on informing the public that Depression hurts, everywhere, and can surface not only as psychological aches but also physical pains and illness. This book offers a one-stop source that explains the history, increasing incidence, diagnosis, costs, treatment, and many faces of depression across ages, gender, culture, ethnicity, socioeconomic group, and sexual identity.
Every chapter includes vignettes and interviews to illustrate the topic and main points. Treatment approaches and success rates are discussed, as are the meanings and myths applied to this common disorder. Current and emerging research, and treatments on the horizon, are also spotlighted.
Table of Contents:
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Preface
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: What is Depression?
Chapter 2: Depression and the Depressed: What Does It Feel Like?
Chapter 3: The Epidemiology and Etiology of Depression: Who Gets It and Why?
Factors
Chapter 4: Different Types and Manifestations of Depression
Chapter 5: Gender and Depression
Chapter 6: Life Cycle Issues and Depression
Chapter 7: Special Groups and Depression: Race, Ethnicity, and
Chapter 8: Treatment of Depression: Psychological Therapies
Chapter 9: Treatment for Depression: Medical Treatments and Others
Chapter 10: Pulling it All Together: What Do We Know?
Resources
Organizations
Websites
Books and Articles
About the Author:
Rudy Nydegger is Chief of the Division of Psychology at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New York, and a Clinical and Consulting Psychologist in practice for more than 30 years. He is former President of the New York Psychological Association, and current Chair of the Legal and Legislative Committee for the organization. He is also Full Professor of Management and Psychology at Union Graduate College and Union College, and has also been involved in teaching for more than 30 years.
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