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Depression

The disorder and its associations

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. B. Mahendra

    1. Hope Hospital (University of Manchester School of Medicine), Salford, UK
      Prestwich Hospital, Manchester, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Depressed minds, discursive thoughts: From melancholia to depression: A brief historical sketch

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    Pages 1-24

  3. Depressed minds, distressed folk - the nature and onset of depression

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    Pages 25-63

  4. Depressed mind, disordered brain - I: The neurobiology of depression

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    Pages 65-94

  5. Depressed mind, disordered brain - II: The neuropsychiatry of depression

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    Pages 95-118

  6. Depressed minds, disputed cures: the management of depression

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    Pages 119-158

  7. Depressed minds, disordered cells: malignancy and depression

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    Pages 159-175

  8. Depressed minds, dastardly acts: violence and depression

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    Pages 177-201

  9. Depressed minds, diverse souls: transcultural aspects of depression

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    Pages 203-225

  10. Depressed mind, distinguished art: a pathography of depression

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    Pages 227-249

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 251-278
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About this book

The purpose of this book is to acknowledge the universality of depression, to throw some light on those aspects of depression which are neglected in the more conventional treatments of the subject and also to attempt to provide a synthesis between the biological and socio-environmental factors which lead to the onset of depression and modify its course. A book devoted to depression has the advantage that it has the space at its disposal to explain and clarify concepts and promising ideas that a chapter in even a comprehensive textbook does not have. A single author writing about all the relevant aspects of a subject brings with him the merit of uniformity, continuity and lack of repetition. He is also more fallible in some areas than others, which finds an exact parallel in the experience of clinicians in their practice. A multi-author, multi-specialist work portrays an air of omniscience and omnicompetence which many clinicians find dispiriting. It is likely a considerable number of practising clinicians will have a greater knowledge and experience in some areas of the subject of this book. than I have and will feel emboldened to approach others. The entire work is informed by historical considerations. The lesson of history is to be open-minded and not to judge too harshly those that have gone before.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Hope Hospital (University of Manchester School of Medicine), Salford, UK

    B. Mahendra

  • Prestwich Hospital, Manchester, UK

    B. Mahendra

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Depression

  • Book Subtitle: The disorder and its associations

  • Authors: B. Mahendra

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3225-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: MTP Press Limited 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7947-1Published: 12 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3225-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 278

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Public Health

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