Treatment of Depression and Related Moods

Daniel W. Badal, M.D., began his research in clinical and laboratory work on depression and other mood disorders at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Medical School, and later at the Medical School and at the School of Social Work of the Case Western Reserve University. He taught residents and medical students at Case Western Reserve Medical School. In 1999, Dr. Badal was awarded the American Psychiatric Association Tenth Annual Nancy C.A. Roeske, M.D. Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching. He also taught on the psychology and psychodynamics of mood disorders and on the use of medication in combination with psychotherapy and psychoanalysis to analytic candidates at the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Institute.

Chapter 1 Definitions Chapter 2 Causes Chapter 3 Epidemiology Chapter 4 History of Current Concepts Chapter 5 Preparation for Making Diagnosis Chapter 6 Diagnosis and Evaluation Chapter 7 Formal Diagnostic Classifications Chapter 8 Psychodynamics and Psychopathology Developmental Issues Chapter 9 Differential Diagnosis Chapter 10 Borderlands of Mood Disorders Chapter 11 Suicide and Mood Disorders Chapter 12 Strategy Chapter 13 Biological Therapy Chapter 14 Psychotherapy Chapter 15 Combined Treatment: Drugs and Psychotherapy Chapter 16 Course, Outcome, and Prognosis Chapter 17 Childhood Chapter 18 Adolescence Chapter 19 Early Adult Life Chapter 20 Late Life