Depression
Your Questions Answered
By- Cosmo Hallstrom, MB, ChB, MD(Liverpool), MRCP(UK), FRCPsych, Formerly Consultant Psychiatrist, Charing Cross Hospital; Medical Director, Charter Clinic, Chelsea; Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry and Imperial College Medical School, UK
- Nicola McClure, MBBS, MRCGP, Principal in General Practice, Shepherds Bush, London
This book, written in the popular questions-and-answer format of the YQA series, gives succinct, accessible information enabling primary care doctors to understand and treat patients with all types of depression. Although primarily aimed at students and general practitioners, the book should also be of value to other professionals involved in the day to day care of depressed patients - psychiatric nurses, psychologists and social workers. It may also be of value to patients and their families.
Audience
Medical Students, Residents, Practitioners/ Nurse Practitioners.
Paperback, 256 Pages
Published: November 2004
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0-443-07290-1
Contents
1. Introduction
2. What is depression
3. Diagnosis of depression
4. Different types of depression
5. Depression in special groups
6. Depression and sleep
7. Depression and food
8. Depression and sex
9. Treatment of depression
10. Suicide and self-harm
11. Mental Health Assessment and the Mental Health Act
12. Appendices: useful organisations and websites
13. Further reading
14. List of abbreviations
15. Index
