Mood Disorders
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Managing Depression, Growing Older
A guide for professionals and carers
Awarded the book prize for 2012 by the Australasian Journal on Ageing! Even when he’s grey around the muzzle, the black dog of depression can still deliver a ferocious bite. Depression can strike at any age, and it may appear for the first time as we get older, as a result of life circumstances or...
Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
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Tackling Depression at Work
A Practical Guide for Employees and Managers
If you have depression, do you persevere or do you risk telling your manager? If you are a manager, what can you do to support the employee and ensure the job is done? Figures suggest that more than ten percent of people in the workforce struggle with depression. Both employees and their managers...
Published November 11th 2010 by Routledge
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Navigating Teenage Depression
A Guide for Parents and Professionals
First symptoms of depression often occur during teenage years, and it can be a disturbing and confusing time for families as well as the teenager themselves. How can you tell whether it is just typical teenage ups and downs that will pass, or something more serious? How can we reliably...
Published March 25th 2010 by Routledge
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The Bipolar Spectrum
Diagnosis or Fad?
In the 1970s, author Joel Paris was one of the first doctors in his hospital to prescribe lithium to a psychiatric patient. In the wake of the drug’s success, both in that case and countless others, why this book? As Dr. Paris’ historical examination of bipolar diagnosis and critique of the...
Published February 29th 2012 by Routledge





