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• Title:Depression, the mood disease / Francis Mark Mondimore.
  
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• Author/Creator:Mondimore, Francis Mark, 1953-
  
• Published/Created:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WM171 .M65 2006
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WM171 .M65 2006
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Depression, Mental--Popular works.
  
• Medical Subjects: Depressive Disorder--Popular Works.
  
• Edition:3rd ed.
  
• Description:xii, 205 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  
• Series:Johns Hopkins Press health book.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196) and index.
  
• ISBN:0801884500 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  0801884519 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  9780801884511
  
• Contents:1. Mood
  Mood : what is it?
  chemistry of mood
  early breakthrough in brain science
  Mood disorders
  What is the biology of depression?
  2. Depression
  symptoms of major depression
  "Normal" depression?
  classification of depression
  3. Treatment
  Medications
  Electroconvulsive therapy
  Other brain stimulation techniques
  Complicated depression
  Tests for mood disorders
  4. Bipolar disorder
  What is bipolar disorder?
  hypomanic syndrome
  Another duality
  "Mood swings" and cyclothymia
  Is there a spectrum of mood disorders?
  chemistry of bipolar disorder
  treatment of bipolar disorder
  Length of treatment in bipolar disorders
  Treating "soft" bipolar disorders
  5. Variations of the mood disorders
  Major depression in the elderly
  Mood disorders in children and adolescents
  Mood disorders in women
  Depression and stroke
  Depression and pain
  Seasonal affective disorder
  Schizoaffective disorder
  Panic attacks and mood disorders
  6. Causal factors and associations
  heredity of mood disorders
  Alcohol and drug abuse and mood disorders
  Medical causes of mood disorders
  Sleep and depression
  7. Advice for patients with mood disorders and their families
  Who can help? : the mental health professionals
  Living with a mood disorder
  Community support and national organizations
  family
  How to help with depression
  8. Summing up and looking ahead.