Handbook of Depression

Chapter 1 Classification, causes and epidemiology

Chapter 2 Depression in different types of patients

Chapter 3 Disgnosis

Chapter 4 Principles of therapy

Chapter 5 Medications

Chapter 6 Other treatments

Chapter 7 Management of treatment nonresponse

Chapter 8 Continuation and maintenance treatment

Dr Edward Friedman (USA) is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of the Depression Research & Treatment Program, a research group that has the distinction of participating in many prestigious National Institute of Mental Health programs on mood disorders research in the US. Dr. Friedman is Director of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Adult Ambulatory Pharmacotherapy at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. Dr Friedman is an is an internationally recognized and widely published expert in pharmacotherapy and cognitive therapy. He serves as a reviewer on a number of psychiatric journals and a principal investigator on a number of ongoing research studies in the areas of depression and bipolar disorder.

Professor Ian Anderson (UK) is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manchester and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust. He was a Medical Research Council Training Fellow in Oxford and obtained his MD on the investigation of serotonin function in depression and in the action of antidepressant drugs. He is Director of the Specialist Service for Affective Disorders in Manchester, which he founded in 2001 as a multidisciplinary tertiary service for treatment-resistant depression and bipolar disorder. His current research interests concern the role of serotonin in the aetiology and treatment of affective disorders, functional brain imaging of neurotransmitter function and evidence-based psychiatry. He is lead author of the British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines on the use of antidepressants in the treatment of depression. He is currently Chair of the NICE Clinical Guideline Development Group.

From the book reviews:"This concise, easy-to-read handbook presents clinical and research-based information about depression and its treatment. The unique structural elements are the succinct chapters with useful figures and pertinent references. ... It is an excellent, practical review for anyone interested in learning about and reviewing depression in light of the DSM-5. ... This will be very useful in the field of psychiatry and mental health." (Valerie E. Mathis-Allen, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2014)