Name: Depression
Price: 38.42 EUR
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Author: Blaise Aguirre
ISBN: 9781440835902

Type

Physical Book

Author

Blaise Aguirre

Publisher

Greenwood

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.4 x 15.6 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.28 kg.

ISBN13

9781440835902

Synopsis "Depression"

Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biography of Diseases series provides students with the information that they need to understand the origin of various maladies, how they impact contemporary society, and how doctors and researchers from around the world are fighting to devise treatments to alleviate or cure these diseases. This volume, Depression, addresses a disease that confronts millions of young people every year, causing significant damage to their emotional and physical health. Depression examines all aspects of the affliction, including: Depression through the ages, from its earliest mention to the present, including how depression is portrayed in the arts. The demographics of the disorder - who is most likely to have depression, and what the prognosis would be. The clinical description of depression, including both physical and psychological symptoms. Current techniques for testing for depression, including DNA testing and brain scans. An examination of the current research, and the possible treatments for the future. The volume includes a glossary of important terms and a bibliography of accessible works that discuss the disease.

Blaise Aguirre

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Dr. Blaise Aguirre is an expert in child psychiatry, including psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. He has worked extensively with children and their families, and is an author and speaker on various aspects of mood, personality, and development in children and adolescents. He is the medical director of 3East at McLean Hospital, affiliated with Harvard, a continuous care program that uses dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for youth with self-harming behaviors and borderline personality traits. He has been a staff psychiatrist at McLean Hospital since 2000. He is an adjunct professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, with his wife and four children.

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