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The noonday demon: an anatomy of depression
- Author:
- SOLOMON Andrew
- Publisher:
- Chatto and Windus
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 560p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Using personal history as a framework, this comprehensive text looks at the history, treatment, and causes of depression. The author looks at depression in different cultures and societies and examines the historical, social, biological, chemical, and medical implications of depression. The medications and pharmaceutical cocktails of today are analysed, and other treatments such as electro
The coping methods of patients with Parkinson's disease their carers and the associations between health-related quality of life and depression
- Authors:
- HOBSON Peter, LEEDS Lesley, MEARA Jolyon
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 2(4), December 2001, pp.12-19.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
The methods of coping and their relationship to disease severity, cognitive function, depression and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) were examined in 79 Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and their carers. The coping methods of the PD patients were not associated with disease severity, cognitive function, or depression. In general the majority of correlations were weak. However, patients who used avoidance and cognitive coping methods reported improved HRQoL. Impaired cognitive function, poorer HRQoL and increased disease severity were associated with depression in patients. In carers, avoidance coping was associated with depression and cognitive impairment in the patient being cared for. These findings demonstrate the complex relationship in PD between impairment, quality of life, depression, cognitive function and the coping styles adopted by patients and carers. The study also highlights the difficulties in measuring these interactions with quantitative outcome measures.
A nation of pill poppers?
- Author:
- STRONG Susanna
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 23.8.01, 2001, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The use of antidepressants is rising rapidly. Asks why alternatives to drugs are not given more priority.
Clinically significant depressive symptoms and very mild to mild dementia of the Alzheimer type
- Authors:
- RUBIN Eugene H., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(7), July 2001, pp.694-701.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
... The Geriatric Depression Scale scores correlate with participant information only and therefore may substantially underestimate depression. Depressive symptoms fluctuate in individuals with DAT. The most consistent depressive symptoms are depressed mood, fatigue and indecision. Concluded that clinically significant depressive symptoms may be common in individuals with very mild or mild DAT, although
The self - yesterday, today, and tomorrow: another look at adolescent suicide
- Author:
- CARLSON Karen Townsend
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 18(4), August 2001, pp.241-252.
- Publisher:
- Springer
The premise that significant differences exist in self concept content, structure, and process, between 3 groups of adolescents (age 13-17) was examined in this study, using measures and methods from the field of social cognition. A pilot (and subsequent control) group consisted of non-depressed, non-behaviorally disordered adolescents. The clinical group consisted of two subgroups, depressed adolescents and adolescents who had made a previous suicide attempt. The findings suggest that the use of specific, fine grained assessments can contribute to understanding of explicit dimensions within the self that may be related to emotional and/or behavioral issues in adolescence.
Social care work and depression
- Author:
- BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.4.01, 2001, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Outlines the many pressures and stresses that face workers in social care, and the aim of research into depression among social care staff.
Better health in retirement: keeping well and what to do if things go wrong
- Author:
- ROBERTS Anne
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 154p.
- Place of publication:
- London
... using the Health Service; and help for older carers. This book also provides clear guidance on areas such as depression, sleeping well and relaxation techniques. Positive and upbeat, this book will equip readers with all of the information needed to take charge of their own health.
When caring becomes a crisis
- Author:
- CARERS UK
- Publisher:
- Carers UK
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Everyone reacts differently to the stresses of caring, but when carers get together they often find that they share many of the same feelings. It can be very reassuring to talk to other carers and discover that your feelings are quite ‘normal’ for your situation. Some of the most common feelings carers describe are: frustration, resentment ,guilt, anger, fear, loneliness and depression.
When the person you care for has died
- Author:
- CARERS UK
- Publisher:
- Carers UK
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This leaflet offers support and practical advice to bereaved carers. It looks at the intense and turbulent emotions of grief and encourages carers to look after themselves. It also covers the practical and legal matters of bereavement and signposts carers to useful agencies.
The impact of early loss on depression: dynamic origins and empirical findings
- Author:
- BRAVO Irene M.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychoanalytic Social Work, 8(3/4), 2001, pp.47-69.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article reviews psychodynamic theoretical claims linking childhood losses to depression later in life and explores contemporary empirical studies that are congruent with those claims. Biologically medicated responses to grief, empirically supported pathways that link loss to depression, and factors that distinguish normal form pathological grief are identified. Trajectors that may lead to the development of psychotic-like, instead of neurotic-like, symptoms of depression are also explored, and empirically supported internal and external vulnerability factors that may lead to depression are reported. Several clinical vignettes are included to exemplify theoretical claims. Implications for assessment and treatment are discussed in light of these findings.