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Here, both therapist and client will learn the causes of depression, how to recognize and diagnose the different iterations of depression, the wide variety of psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological treatment options available, and how to get the most out of those treatments.
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Psychiatric clinician Zetin, nurse practitioner Cara T. Hoepner, and consultant Jennifer Kurth write for patients suffering from depression, or those with loved ones with depression, who have tried the antidepression medicines to no avail and are wondering what to do next. They also write for clinicians, providing technical details about treatments for patients who have not responded as well as was hoped when they started medicine and psychotherapy. Among the topics are theories of what causes depression, dealing with the health care system and insurance, choosing an antidepressant for major depressive disorder, the different approaches required for bipolar depression, child and adolescent depression, extreme measures such aselectroconvulsive therapy and repetitive transcranial magneticstimulation, complementary and alternative medicine and living a healthy life with a psychiatric illness. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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