04071nam 22006495 450 991025480720332120200701063454.03-319-57657-710.1007/978-3-319-57657-2(CKB)3780000000451084(MiAaPQ)EBC4941329(DE-He213)978-3-319-57657-2(EXLCZ)99378000000045108420170808d2017 u| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierUnhappiness, Sadness and 'Depression' Antidepressants and the Mental Disorder Epidemic /by Tullio Giraldi1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2017.1 online resource (206 pages) illustrations3-319-57656-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword: Silvio Garattini -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Melancholy and Depression -- 3. The Diagnosis -- 4. The Mental Disorder Epidemic -- 5. Early Treatments -- 6. Treatment Becomes Effective -- 7. Assessing Efficiency -- 8. The Rise of Effective Treatments -- 9. A Matter of Chemistry -- 11. Written in the Genes -- 12. The Safety of Antidepressants -- 13. Conclusions.This book examines existing treatments, legislation and research methodology of depression and exposes their limitations, championing psycho-social support as an alternative. Depression, affecting 350 million people according to the World Health Organisation, is almost invariably diagnosed by the criteria of the American Psychiatric Association – a definition which encompasses those with normal emotional responses to stressful life events. Tullio Giraldi discusses recent developments in popular and academic dialogue related to the use of antidepressants and recent increases in depression diagnosis and laments the rise in prescribing antidepressants despite their links to suicide and unfulfilled promises of efficacy and safety. He argues that psychotherapy is a cost effective treatment devoid of drugs' adverse effects. This work presents psycho-social support as an alternative to antidepressants, particularly for less severe cases, and as a more effective strategy for coping with the emotional challenges of today’s global reality. Patients, students of medicine and psychology, and professionals of mental health will find this work valuable. .Critical psychologyPsychology—MethodologyPsychological measurementHealth psychologyBiological psychologyCommunity psychologyEnvironmental psychologyCritical Psychologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20170Psychological Methods/Evaluationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20040Health Psychologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y12020Biological Psychologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20020Community and Environmental Psychologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20070Critical psychology.Psychology—Methodology.Psychological measurement.Health psychology.Biological psychology.Community psychology.Environmental psychology.Critical Psychology.Psychological Methods/Evaluation.Health Psychology.Biological Psychology.Community and Environmental Psychology.338.54Giraldi Tullioauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut748374BOOK9910254807203321Unhappiness, Sadness and 'Depression1571043UNINA