Provides coverage on topics critical to understanding depression, such as the history of the disease, research, treatment options, and the role of various mental health professionals in addressing the condition.

Table of Contents

• Foreword: The Global Problem of Depression
• A
• addiction and addictive behaviors
• adolescents
• adverse childhood experiences
• alcoholism
• alternative and complementary medicine
• animal testing models
• anti-anxiety drugs
• antidepressants
• anxiety disorders
• B
• bipolar disorder
• brain circuitry
• brain stimulation
• bullying
• C
• cancer
• cardiovascular disease
• child abuse and neglect
• children and depression
• chronic pain
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• college students
• cultural depictions of depression
• D
• demographics of depression
• depressants
• depression
• diabetes
• dysthymia
• E
• eating disorders
• economic status
• elderly
• electroconvulsive therapy
• emergency departments
• environment
• exercise
• G
• generalized anxiety disorder
• genetic risks
• grief and depression
• H
• holiday depression
• hypothyroidism
• I
• incarceration
• inpatient treatment
• insomnia and sleep disorders
• J
• job loss
• L
• lithium
• M
• major depressive disorder
• medical mimics of depression
• medication adherence
• medications that may cause depression
• military personnel and veterans
• mood stabilizers
• myths and inaccuracies about depression
• N
• neurochemicals
• notable cases of depression
• O
• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• P
• panic disorder
• personality disorders
• phobia, specific
• posttraumatic stress disorder
• pregnancy
• psychotic depression
• R
• refractory depression
• repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
• resilience
• risk factors for depression
• S
• schizoaffective disorder
• schizophrenia
• seasonal affective disorder
• sexual orientation
• social phobia
• stigma and discrimination
• substance abuse
• suicide
• T
• therapy
• treatment
• V
• vitamin D deficiency
• W
• warning signs of suicidal depression
• withdrawal from alcohol or drugs