Depressive Disorders: v. 1 (WPA Series in Evidence & Experience in Psychiatry) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471999059 ISBN 13: 9780471999058

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1999

Synopsis

Takes a unique and highly informative approach to key issues surrounding depressive disorders. The six systematic reviews, written by outstanding authors, focus on topics such as the choice and duration of drug treatment and the cost of depressive disorders. They are accompanied by commentaries giving advice from clinicians of different orientations and countries. This volume: Gives the best available evicence to enable well-informed clinical decision-making Covers developments in diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, economic evaluation and quality improvement Summarises the 'evidence' and the 'experience' providing an unbiased and reliable reference point Comprehensively itemises and evaluates the relevant points It provides insights that will prove invaluable to psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, managers and policy makers.

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Volume 1 Depressive Disorders Edited by Mario Maj University of Naples, Italy Norman Sartorius University of Geneva, Switzerland Be Guided by the Evidence ... In this first volume of the WPA Series, Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry, issues surrounding depressive disorders are examined in a unique and highly informative manner. The six systematic reviews, written by outstanding authors, focus on key topics such as the choice and duration of drug treatment and the cost of depressive disorders. They are accompanied by commentaries giving advice from clinicians of different orientations and countries. This volume:

* Gives the best available evidence to enable well-informed clinical decision making * Covers developments in diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, economic evaluation and quality improvement * Summarises the `evidence' and the `experience' to provide an unbiased and reliable reference point * Comprehensively itemises and evaluates the relevant points

Depressive Disorders provides insights that will prove invaluable to psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, managers and policy makers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471999059
• ISBN 13: 9780471999058
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 506
• Editor: Maj Mario, Sartorius Norman