Depression (Hardcover)

Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biography of Diseases series provides students with the information that they need to understand the origin of various maladies, how they impact contemporary society, and how doctors and researchers from around the world are fighting to devise treatments to alleviate or cure these diseases. This volume, Depression, addresses a disease that afflicts millions of young people every year, causing significant damage to the physical and emotional health. Depression examines all aspects of the affliction, including: BLDepression through the ages, from its earliest mention to the present, including how depression is portrayed in the arts BLThe demographics of the disorder - who is most likely to have depression, and what the prognosis would be BLThe clinical description of depression, including both physical and psychological symptoms BLCurrent techniques for testing for depression, including DNA testing and brain scans BLAn examination of the current research, and the possible treatments for the future. The volume includes a glossary of important terms and a bibliography of accessible works that discuss the disease.

General

Imprint:	Greenwood Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Biographies of Disease
Release date:	March 2008
First published:	March 2008
Authors:	Blaise Aguirre
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-34219-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry
LSN:	0-313-34219-9
Barcode:	9780313342196

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