... and pharmacological treatments are reviewed, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, family therapy, and the use of antidepressant medications. Recommendations are made for future research across the eating disorders. References Agras, W. S. , Brandt, H. A. , Bulik, C. M...

... and pharmacological treatments are reviewed, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, family therapy, and the use of antidepressant medications. Recommendations are made for future research across the eating disorders. References Agras, W. S., Brandt, H. A., Bulik, C. M., Dolan...

..., the therapies with effectiveness in treating depression. The advantages and disadvantages of antidepressant medications are detailed. The chapter also includes a section on suicide and how to talk about it. Two cases of teens seeking consultation are described, along with their parents’ concerns. Vignettes...

... in this chapter include distinctive features, risk factors, consequences, antidepressant medication, and psychotherapeutic interventions for these postpartum mood disorders. Continued research on the etiology and treatment of postpartum mood disorders and on ways to mitigate the negative impact of these disorders...

... antidepressant medication anxiolytic medication anxiety disorders benzodiazepines monoamine oxidase inhibitors MAOIs selective serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors SNRIs treatment therapies tricyclic antidepressants TCAs panic disorder alprazolam clomipramine clonazepam imipramine moclobemide...

...This chapter reviews the evidence basis for the treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. The most widely studied intervention for the anxiety disorders is CBT featuring exposure. Antidepressant medication is also considered a viable intervention (indeed it is more effective...

...Oxford University Press The treatment of unipolar major depression with antidepressant medication is well established on the basis of scores of randomized placebo-controlled trials involving thousands of patients. Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) were the first to be studied extensively; meta...

...Chapter 4 introduces mood management, and focuses on depression. The chapter discusses a definition of depression, and different methods of managing depression, including antidepressant medication, and therapy or professional counselling for depression, self-help strategies (self-awareness...

...Chapter 4 discusess treatments for binge eating and purging, and includes informaiton on antidepressant medication, psychotherapies, and interpersonal treatment. There are probably three ways to use medication for bulimia nervosa or binge-eating disorder. Some individuals might not want...

...Oxford University Press Chapter 4 introduces mood management, and focuses on depression. The chapter discusses a definition of depression, and different methods of managing depression, including antidepressant medication, and therapy or professional counselling for depression, self-help strategies...

...This chapter examines the recent rise in the use of antidepressant medications as well as the growing emphasis on biomedical explanations for depression. The chapter presents the history of antidepressant medications and changes in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual as well...

... antidepressant medication depression and insomnia Epworth Sleepiness Scale ESS score Fatigue Severity Scale FSS scores Insomnia Severity Index ISI score American Academy of Sleep Medicine AASM chronic insomnia disorder Patient Health Questionnaire 9 PHQ 9 score adjustment disorder bereavement cognitive...

... depression melancholy postmodernism diabetes “health society ” Smith Jeffrey depression memoirs pathography Prozac Diary William Styron problem of suffering narratives of the self antidepressant medication identity/self diagnosis It seemed that suddenly, some time in 1990, I ceased...

....” This explains why a significant number of people, when faced with depression, seek relief via the health care system. Between 2004 and 2005, primary care physicians in Australia prescribed antidepressant medication (ADM) to more than 11 million patients, compared to only approximately 7.5 million between 1999...

...Oxford University Press Chapter 4 explores depression, illness and mood. This includes a definition of depression, and discussions about antidepressant medication (how they work, side effects, other medications), therapy or professional counselling (what to expect, different types of therapy), self...

... to receive continuation treatment for on average about 1 year with antidepressant medication or placebo. Reprinted from The Lancet, 361(9358), John R Geddes , Stuart M Carney , Christina Davies , Toshiaki A Furukawa , David J Kupfer , Ellen Frank , and Guy M Goodwin , Relapse...

...The clinical problems that may ensue when antidepressant medications are discontinued have been neglected by the scientific literature. Patients experiencing the anguish and mental pain of withdrawal syndromes have not received appropriate medical attention and have been forced to refer themselves...