A comprehensive clinical overview of depression and its treatment, as well as disorders on the depressive spectrum.
Depression is not a simple or unitary disorder. It may appear as the high of mania, the nagging low of dysthymia, as seasonal blues or suicidal thoughts; it may be disguised as or occur along with various physical and mental disorders. Ranging over descriptive phenomenology, ideas about classification, and epidemiology, Dr. Schuyler presents several models to guide the clinician's understanding and treatment of depression. Sharing cases from his practice, he discusses medication, convulsive therapy, and cognitive therapy for different forms of depression. Throughout the tone is conversational, humorous, and empathic.
