Depressive Disorder

Dirigido a profesionales de la salud mental, incluidos psiquiatras, psicólogos y estudiantes, esta obra compila información crucial para entender, diagnosticar y manejar esta condición, abarcando aspectos como la clasificación de los trastornos depresivos, las herramientas de evaluación y los factores de riesgo asociados.

Diagnoses of depressive and bipolar disorders have reached epidemic proportions. The current psychiatric theories, approaches, and suggested remedies have together failed to resolve these human struggles despite technological advances and continued claims of validity and reliability. In fact, since its introduction in the early 1960s, the current humanistic paradigm has worsened both individuals and society as a whole. Suicidal ideation and completions are also rapidly increasing within the church and even among church leadership. There clearly exists an urgent need to rethink the ...

Personality disorders can be challenging. I personally know people who have some kind of disorder. It’s different when you interact with them. Not every moment, but the difference is in the details. In this short guide, I will touch on various disorders that are more common than you may realize.

Personality disorders can be challenging. I personally know people who have some kind of disorder. It’s different when you interact with them. Not every moment, but the difference is in the details. In this short guide, I will touch on various disorders that are more common than you may realize. This includes: Schizoid disorders, depressive disorders, postpartum disorder, psychotic disorder, borderline personality disorders, and some other ones.

Are you happy? Does it matter? Increasingly, governments seem to think so. As the UK government conducts its first happiness survey, Alastair Campbell looks at happiness as a political as well as a personal issue; what it should mean to us, what it means to him.

Words With My Father offers a gripping audio portrait of the evolution of a young man's mental illness and how it manifested into a dramatic and often dangerous existence through the turbulence of the Civil Rights, Peace and Conservation movements.

Nearly one in every five Americans deals with mental illness in a given year, and the rates are climbing. Among physicians, the rate is even higher as the time spent in medical training significantly increases the risk of poor mental health. None of us is fully immune from the ravages of mental health problems. This book is about the fallibility of us all, including the doctors who are supposed to care for us. It is about the fine line of illness and normal emotion and about how to change the norms of medical practice in light of human weakness.

Till Raether war in seinem Leben oft traurig und erschöpft - immer wieder, über Wochen. Und ebenso oft stellte er sich die Frage, ob das nun eine Depression sei, oder ob ihn einfach nur das normale, graue Leben beutelte. In seinem Hörbuch erzählt Till Raether offen über eine Krankheit, mit der er seit vielen Jahren lebt und die er häufig mit großem Energieaufwand zu überspielen versuchte.

I've had enough, I just want to die! This heart-wrenching cry from nearly 3000 years ago still echoes in the hearts and minds of those battling with depression in today's modern world. But could the answers that brought peace to that troubled soul all those years ago really help anyone now? A Christian Psychiatrist looks with modern eyes at Elijah's mental breakdown and treatment and finds surprising correlation to modern understanding and treatment.

Eine Depression in der Familie zieht auch die nicht erkrankten Angehörigen in Mitleidenschaft. Vor allem, wenn es noch keine Diagnose gibt, sind alle verunsichert. So suchte Elisabeth W. lange Zeit die Schuld bei sich, als ihr Mann immer düsterer gestimmt wurde und an allem etwas auszusetzen hatte. Werner M. fühlt sich zermürbt und allein gelassen. "Man entfernt sich immer mehr voneinander", stellt er traurig fest, nachdem seine Frau depressiv wurde.

Fünf-Schritte-Programm in Krisenzeiten. Egal, ob wir unter Zukunftsängsten, Beziehungsproblemen, einem Todesfall, einer Erkrankung, depressiven Verstimmungen, Existenzsorgen oder anderen schwierigen Umständen leiden – Krisen reißen ein Loch in das bislang funktionierende Leben und nötigen uns körperlich, seelisch und geistig Hochleistungen ab. Ein gutes Krisenmanagement ist das A und O, um während einer miesen Zeit bei klarem Verstand zu bleiben, das Geschehene akzeptieren zu können, Lösungen und Visionen für die Zukunft zu entwickeln und mit der Kraft des positiven Denkens die persönliche Krise zu meistern.