Depression as a systemic illness

Depression as a Systemic Illness emphasizes the need for the primary care physician to be the first agent to care for "garden variety" depressive disorders and the need to alter medical school and residency training to accommodate the development of the necessary skills, knowledge and attitudes to fulfill this goal. Its unique approach and presentation of depression makes it a key resource for clinicians within the fields of both psychiatry and primary care medicine.

The biological basis of depression : insights from animal models / Eric J. Nestler -- The brain and body on stress : allostatic load and mechanisms for depression and dementia / Bruce S. McEwen and Natalie L. Rasgon -- Depression as a recurrent, progressive illness : need for long-term prevention / Robert M. Post -- Biological effects of depression in cardiac illness / Nicole Mavrides and Charles Nemeroff -- Biological effects of depression : risk for and occurrence of stroke / Bradleigh Hayhow and Sergio Starkstein -- Depression and cancer / Daniel C McFarland and Jimmie Holland -- Depression in neurologic disorders : comorbidity or another clinical manifestation? / Andres M. Kanner -- Depression and diabetes and endocrine disorders / Eduardo A. Colón -- Wound healing and depression / Frederick J Stoddard Jr and Robert L. Sheridan -- Psychopharmacological issues in the treatment of depression as a systemic illness : focus on adverse drug reactions and drug-drug interactions / Kelly L. Cozza, Rita Rein, Gary H. Wynn, and Eric G. Meyer -- Diagnostic dilemmas / James J. Strain, Patricia Casey, and Peter Tyrer -- Models of mental health training for non-psychiatric physicians : beyon…