Understanding Depression (Understanding Health and Sickness Series)

Author: Ainsworth M.D., PatriciaBrand: University Press of MississippiColor: BlueEdition: 1Features: Used Book in Good ConditionBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 174Release Date: 03-01-2000Details: Depression has been a scourge of humanity since the dawn of ages. Vivid images from historical and religious texts describe sufferers of the illness we now know as depression. An “equal opportunity” illness, it exempts no one based on race, sex, creed, religion, social status, or nation of origin. It affects one in five of us and its potentially lethal outcome―suicide―is the third leading cause of death among American teenagers. What is this illness that costs us $44 billion each year? What does it look like? Is it moodiness? Is it the result of a character flaw? Can we just “snap out of it”? Understanding Depression explores the reality of the illness from the author's twin perspectives as a psychiatrist and as a family member who experienced the tragedy of depression firsthand. Using exa