Depressive Disorders (eBook)

Mario Maj is Professor of Psychiatry at the Primo Policlinico Universitario in Naples, Italy. Maj has been President of the Italian Psychiatric Association; President of the Italian Society of Biological Psychiatry; Secretary-General of the Association of European Psychiatrists; Editor of European Psychiatry and World Psychiatry. He became President of the Association of European Psychiatrists in January 2002 and of the World Psychiatric Association in 2008. Norman Sartorius is a psychiatrist and professor. He previously served as a director of the World Health Organization's Division of Mental Health. He has also been a former president of the World Psychiatric Association and of the European Psychiatric Association.

List of Review Contributors.

Preface.

Chapter 1: Diagnosis of Depressive Disorders: A Review (C.N.
Stefanis and N.C. Stefanis).

Chapter 2: Pharmacological Treatment of Depressive Disorders: A
Review: (P. Bech).

Chapter 3: Psychotherapies for Depressive Disorders: A Review:
(A.J. Rush and M.E. Thase).

Chapter 4: Depressive Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A
Review: (R. Harrington).

Chapter 5: Depressive Disorders in the Elderly: A Review: (E.
Chiu, et al.).

Chapter 6: Costs of Depressive Disorders: A Review: (J.F.
Rosenbaum and T.R. Hylan).

Acknowledgements for the First Edition.

Index.

"The editors should be commended for commissioning separate chapters on young and old people." (International Psychogeriatrics Vol.16.No.2 2004)