Fast Facts: Depression - Couverture souple

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Haddad, Mark; Gunn, Jane

 
9781905832866: Fast Facts: Depression

Synopsis

In the diagnosis and treatment of depression, clinicians must base their knowledge and skills on robust and up-to-date evidence and appropriate systems of service delivery. Completely rewritten by new authors, this third edition of Fast Facts: Depression provides concise and clear descriptions of the features, identification and management of depression, presents the wider context of cause, cost, distribution and risk, and summarizes the latest evidence that underpins good practice in this area. There are few medical handbooks that provide such a comprehensive and practical overview of current knowledge in this field. Fast Facts: Depression is suitable for healthcare professionals working in both primary care and specialist medical centers. In fact, it provides a depth of content that is ideal for anyone who wants to better understand depression as both an international public health problem and a common clinical mental health disorder.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

As the authors say in the introduction to this second edition, there is a vital need for clinicians' knowledge and skills to be based on robust and up-to-date evidence and appropriate systems of service delivery for this most common mental health disorder. This colourful book, written with this need in mind, provides concise and clear descriptions of the features, risks and management of depression, and summarizes the latest evidence that underpins good practice in this area. It is suitable for healthcare professionals working in primary care and specialist medical centers and for anyone who wants a reliable and up-to-date overview of this potentially distressing condition.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jane Gunn PhD MBBS DRANZCOG FRACG PChair Primary Care Research Head, Department of General Practice Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Australia Mark Haddad PhD RGN RMN Clinical Research Fellow Institute of Psychiatry at King s College London, UK

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