Concise guide to mood disorders
by Dubovsky, Steven L., Dubovsky, Amelia N.
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Concise yet comprehensive, it compiles the most essential facts on every aspect of mood disorders?epidemiology, etiology, physical treatments, psychosocial treatments, outcomes, and comorbidity. The information is organized for easy look-up and fast comprehension, with detailed …
Imagining illness: public health and visual culture
From seventeenth-century broadsides about the handling of dead bodies, printed during London's plague years, to YouTube videos about preventing the transmission of STDs, public health advocacy and education has always had a powerful visual component. Imagining Illness explores t…
Everyone experiences the "blues" now and then as well as times of joy and self-confidence. Most people even experience mood swings--times when they move quickly from feelings like joy to opposite feelings like sorrow. But what happens when normal moods become so extreme that a p…
Chapter 45 Receiving and giving with every breath: Session five: self and others - widening the circle; 'Dear Self'; ; A Compassionate Letter; Who are you?; The problem with over-identifying; 'Selfing' on autopilot or by choice; ; Kindness Meditation: A 'Difficult' Person; Notes…
An investigation into the surprisingly deep correlation between mental illness and successful leadership, as seen through some of history's greatest politicians, generals, and businesspeople. "A First-Rate Madness," Nassir Ghaemi, who runs the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts Uni…
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the leading cause of disability globally in both developed and developing nations. The staggering economic costs attributable to MDD are largely a consequence of impairment in role function. Evidence indicates that disturbance in the domain of …