Depression: causes and treatment

In relation to the first edition of the bookpublished in 2009, this second edition, brings significantadvances, specifically regarding new terminology andin the classification of disorders, today’s terms replaceolder ones or are included side by side, and new materialpublished since then is coved.The book is organized into four parts: clinicalaspects, experimental aspects, theoretical aspects, andtreatment of depression. Part I describes the definition,symptoms, course and prognosis of depression, as wellas ratings of mood disorders, depression, psychoticversus nonpsychotic depression, bipolar disorders,involutional depression and schizoaffective disorder.Part II reports biological and psychological studies…