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Understanding and Treating Depressive Disorders -

Understanding and Treating Depressive Disorders

An Introduction
Buch | Hardcover
XII, 799 Seiten
2026
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-032-14464-5 (ISBN)
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This book synthesizes complex information crucial for the understanding and treatment of depressive disorders. Depression is the most common mental illness worldwide. In 2017, WHO reported that depression was the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide with more than 300 million people living with depression, an increase of more than 18% between 2005 and 2015.

Time is of the essence for busy practitioners. Applying discoveries in epigenetics and psychobiology to clinical practice with precision and avoiding misinformation is a worthy but often daunting goal. It is this book s mission to provide a concise and practical guide.

This volume begins with a discussion of the etiology of depression. Etiological considerations underpinning possible relationships between psychosocial variables and health include, but are not limited to, communication in the brain, molecular aspects, stress responses, heritability, and disease associated immune responses. Next, factors related to the ability to change behavior are considered. These include topics such as epigenetics, neuroplasticity, conditioning, therapygenetics, critical periods, and motivation. Then, evidence for efficacy of treatment approaches is presented. These include such interventions as pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, complementary interventions, and self-medication. Understanding and Treating Depressive Disorders is a concise and practical guide that will be of great value to students, psychiatrists, psychologists, behavioral medicine specialists, residents and fellows in those fields, and any clinician that works with patients suffering from depression.

Jacob Raber 
Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, Neurology, and Radiation Medicine 
Division of Neuroscience, ONPRC 
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) 
Courtesy Professor, College of Pharmacy 
Oregon State University 

Franklin Sunzeri 
Consulting Research Immunologist 
Heather Hills Consulting 
Coos Bay, Oregon 

Jennifer M. Loftis 
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience 
VA Portland Health Care System 
Portland, Oregon 

John Wesson Ashford Jr. 
Clinical Professor 
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 
Stanford University 

Elizabeth Sunzeri 
Psychotherapist 
Heather Hills Therapy Center 
Coos Bay, Oregon 

Jeffery Sunzeri 
Sociologist 
Sunzeri Consulting 
Hollister, California 

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Diagnosis of Depression.- Chapter 3. Etiology: Contributing Factors.- Chapter 4.
Evidence Basics.- Chapter 5. The Sociology of Depression.- Chapter 6. Social Psychology Factors of Depression.- Chapter 7. Communication in the Depressed Brain.- Chapter 8. Molecular Aspects.- Chapter 9. Heritability: Genes x Environment.- Chapter 10. Depression and the Immune Responses.- Chapter 11. Social Isolation and Depression.- Chapter 12. Depression Associated with other Medical Conditions.- Chapter 13. Depression and Sleep.- Chapter 14. Change?.- Chapter 15. Perspective on Treatment of Depression.- Chapter 16. Pharmacotherapy.- Chapter 17. Psychotherapy.- Chapter 18.Psychotherapy Compared to Pharmacotherapy.- Chapter 19. Cognitive Dysfunction and Suicide.- Chapter 20. Diet, Food, Supplements and Depression.- Chapter 21. Music and Depression.- Chapter 22. Prescribed Interventions to Reduce Depression.- Chapter 23. Self-Medication in Depressed Individuals.- Chapter 24. Depression, Immune Mechanisms and Anti-inflammatory Treatment Strategies.- Chapter 25. The Neurophysiology of Depression, Interactions Between the Brainstem and Cerebral Cortex.- Chapter 26. Epilogue.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 27.2.2026
Zusatzinfo XII, 799 p. 37 illus., 35 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 210 x 279 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Klinische Psychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Schlagworte Behavioral Medicine • Communication • Conditioning • Depression • depressive disorder • epigenetics • etiology • Heritability • Interventions • Neuroplasticity • Psychosocial variable • self-medication • Social Isolation • Stress • Therapygenetics
ISBN-10 3-032-14464-7 / 3032144647
ISBN-13 978-3-032-14464-5 / 9783032144645
Zustand Neuware
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