Fülszöveg
Based on papers presented at an international meeting organised
by the World Health Organization Office for Quality in Non-
Communicable Diseases and Conditions in cooperation with the
International Federation of Health Funds, Harvard Medical School,
and the Sir Robert Mond Memorial Trust, this concise book provides
the latest information on the commonest psychiatric condition
worldwide. Contributions on the social and economic implications
from world class specialists are complemented by clinical chapters
on patient management. Contents include:
• A global view of depression
• Historical review of diagnosis and treatment
• Depression and general practice
• Depression and the workplace
• Economic and social consequences
• Political and social responses to depression
• The debate on the new generation of antidepressants
The debate alone will be of great value to health care providers and
decision makers internationally as it both discusses the issues clearly
and...
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Fülszöveg
Based on papers presented at an international meeting organised
by the World Health Organization Office for Quality in Non-
Communicable Diseases and Conditions in cooperation with the
International Federation of Health Funds, Harvard Medical School,
and the Sir Robert Mond Memorial Trust, this concise book provides
the latest information on the commonest psychiatric condition
worldwide. Contributions on the social and economic implications
from world class specialists are complemented by clinical chapters
on patient management. Contents include:
• A global view of depression
• Historical review of diagnosis and treatment
• Depression and general practice
• Depression and the workplace
• Economic and social consequences
• Political and social responses to depression
• The debate on the new generation of antidepressants
The debate alone will be of great value to health care providers and
decision makers internationally as it both discusses the issues clearly
and provides an extensive review of the evidence, which is referenced
in the text.
Addressing the implications of depression for patients, their families,
- their physicians, and society, this book is an important contribution
to the literature, which at the same time provides practical
suggestions for management at the primary care level.
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