Dealing with Depression: A Commonsense Guide to Mood Disorders - Softcover

Parker, Gordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1741142148 ISBN 13: 9781741142143

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2005

Synopsis

Covering both traditional and alternative approaches to treating depression, this fully revised and updated guide outlines the many different types of depression, including mood swings, clinical depression, and bipolar disorders. Each type of depression is explained fully and is accompanied by suggestions for the most appropriate treatments. Simple descriptions and a user-friendly layout make this guide accessible for those suffering from mood disorders, their families, and the health professionals who care for them. Expanded sections on bipolar disorders and the influence of personality styles on nonmelancholic disorders are included in this new edition, and an online diagnostic test associated with the book encourages confidence in self-diagnosis and in seeking professional care.

About this title

About the Author:

Gordon Parker is a professor of psychiatry at the University of New South Wales and is the executive director of the Black Dog Institute, the mood disorders unit at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of The Bonds of Depression, Melancholia, and Some Rules for Killing People.

Review:

Gordon Parker has style. The second edition of Dealing with Depressionprovides an outstandingly accessible account of how he sees the theory and practice of treating depression. While it is clearly written originally for the non-professional, the story is told from the cutting edge of research and treatment. It exemplifies the modern unifying approach to psychiatry a synthesis of reliable knowledge and clinical judgment. It is a book both to read and to recommend to one's patients and their families. Guy Goodwin, Professor of Psychiatry, Oxford University

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1741142148
• ISBN 13: 9781741142143
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 204