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Beyond Depression - A new approach to understanding and management (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Beyond Depression - A new approach to understanding and management (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Is there an epidemic of depression sweeping the world, or are we
radically altering our interpretation of normal human experiences?
Do we need a dose of medication or a renewed sense of meaning? In
this second edition of Beyond Depression, Christopher Dowrick - an
academic general practitioner - takes a critical insider's look at
commonly held views about the diagnosis and management of
depression. He argues that our belief in depression as a medical
condition is based on commercial, professional, organisational and
cultural factors which combine to sustain the popularity of
depression as a concept, which is based more on our values than on
science. Based on the best contemporary evidence available, this
second edition includes new research findings on the management of
mild and recurrent depression, the possibility of a genetic basis
to depression, and extended arguments on the limitations of
screening, and the placebo effects of antidepressant medication.
The author considers alternative ways of understanding the thoughts
and feelings that we currently describe as depression, drawing on
cross-cultural, religious, political and literary sources. He
proposes a conceptual framework that provides a means of moving
beyond depression as a medical concept and as a personal problem.
When applied to encounters between doctors and patients in primary
care it leads us towards enabling narratives, with an emphasis on
listening and understanding rather than diagnosis and prescription.
Beyond Depression combines a comprehensive analysis of current
scientific evidence with an impressive review of linguistic,
literary and philosophical perspectives. Moving seamlessly between
controlled trials and Camus, from prescribing to Proust, the book
is informed throughout by a series of sensitive case studies drawn
from the author's personal experience.
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