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Title: BEYOND DEPRESSION
A NEW APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGEMENT
By: Christopher Dowrick
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0199545294
ISBN 13: 9780199545292
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 9 July, 2009
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Pages: 256
Description: The book provides a new framework for understanding encounters in primary care and mental health, and for moving beyond depression as a medical concept and a personal problem.
Synopsis: Is there an epidemic of depression sweeping the world, or are we radically altering our interpretation of normal human experiences? Do we need a dose of medication or a renewed sense of meaning? In this second edition of Beyond Depression, Christopher Dowrick - an academic general practitioner - takes a critical insider's look at commonly held views about the diagnosis and management of depression. He argues that our belief in depression as a medical condition is based on commercial, professional, organisational and cultural factors which combine to sustain the popularity of depression as a concept, which is based more on our values than on science. Based on the best contemporary evidence available, this second edition includes new research findings on the management of mild and recurrent depression, the possibility of a genetic basis to depression, and extended arguments on the limitations of screening, and the placebo effects of antidepressant medication. The author considers alternative ways of understanding the thoughts and feelings that we currently describe as depression, drawing on cross-cultural, religious, political and literary sources.He proposes a conceptual framework that provides a means of moving beyond depression as a medical concept and as a personal problem. When applied to encounters between doctors and patients in primary care it leads us towards enabling narratives, with an emphasis on listening and understanding rather than diagnosis and prescription. Beyond Depression combines a comprehensive analysis of current scientific evidence with an impressive review of linguistic, literary and philosophical perspectives. Moving seamlessly between controlled trials and Camus, from prescribing to Proust, the book is informed throughout by a series of sensitive case studies drawn from the author's personal experience.
Illustrations: 4 black-and-white line drawings
Publication: UK
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Returns: Returnable
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