Depression Medicine

Screening for Perinatal Depression Screening for perinatal depression is now widely undertaken in the UK and Europe and is attracting increasing attention. This much-needed text provides guidance for health care professionals on the issues and controversies surrounding screening and on good practice in the use of screening tests. An international author team with backgrounds in [...]

Depression and Heart Disease Recently, there has been a growing awareness of the multiple interrelationships between depression and various physical diseases. Patients with psychiatric problems, particularly depression, may be more susceptible to cardiovascular disorders. Depression and Heart Disease synthesizes current evidence, including some previously unpublished data, in a concise, easy-to-read format. The authors succinctly describe [...]

The Wisdom of Depression: A Guide to Understanding Depression Using Natural Medicine As a society, we have long misunderstood the process of depression. Depression is not just a chemical imbalance in the brain; it can be our body’s response to the need to address imbalance in our whole lives and is in many ways about [...]