02410nam 22005653u 450 991045550180332120210107032419.01-282-48588-11-60473-063-30-585-22652-0(CKB)111004365821298(EBL)515556(OCoLC)181421351(SSID)ssj0000264308(PQKBManifestationID)11937537(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264308(PQKBWorkID)10283930(PQKB)11417933(MiAaPQ)EBC515556(EXLCZ)9911100436582129820130418d2000|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding Depression[electronic resource]Jackson University Press of Mississippi20001 online resource (187 p.)Understanding Consumer HealthDescription based upon print version of record.1-57806-169-5 Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. What Is Depression?; 2. Who Gets Depressed?; 3. The Causes of Depression; 4. What Happens in the Brain; 5. Treatment; 6. Helping the Depressive; 7. Searching for a Cure; Appendices; Glossary; IndexDepression has been a scourge of mankind since the dawn of ages. Vivid images from historical and religious texts describe sufferers of the illness we now know as depression. An ""equal opportunity"" illness, it exempts no one based on race, sex, creed, religion, social status, or nation of origin. It affects one in five of us and its potentially lethal outcome--suicide--is the third leading cause of death among American teenagers. What is this illness that costs us 44 billion each year? What does it look like? Is it moodiness? Is it the result of a character flaw? Can we just ""snap out of iUnderstanding Consumer HealthAffective disordersDepression, MentalElectronic books.Affective disorders.Depression, Mental.616.85/27616.8527Ainsworth PatriciaM.D.853266AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910455501803321Understanding Depression2222295UNINA