Depression : [publication] : social and economic timebomb : strategies for quality care : proceedings of an internationa meeting [on unipolar depression] /
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Organisation mondiale de la santé [edt]
; Dawson, Ann; Tylee, Andre; World Health Organization. International Meeting on Unipolar Depression (1999 ; London).
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BookPublisher: London : BMJ Publishing Group, 2001Description: XV, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0727915738.MeSH subject(s): Depressive Disorder | Primary Health Care | Antidepressive Agents | International Cooperation | Antidepressive Agents -- therapeutic use | Depressive Disorder -- therapy | Depressive Disorder -- economics | Primary Health Care -- organization & administration | CongressesPUBLICATION TYPE SAPHIR: ProceedingsSummary: Depression is one of the commonest disorders worldwide yet it continues to be underdiagnosed especially in men who tend not to present with classical symptoms. For the most part it is diagnosed and treated in primary care. However all too often the treatment is inappropriate or given for too short a time or is abandoned totally. More awareness of the condition, use of the Wellbeing index to identify potential depressives and appropriate management should be the norm. Depressive patients should not be stigmatised by their condition. This book offers pragmatic solutions to all these problems. <Editor>
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Depression is one of the commonest disorders worldwide yet it continues to be underdiagnosed especially in men who tend not to present with classical symptoms. For the most part it is diagnosed and treated in primary care. However all too often the treatment is inappropriate or given for too short a time or is abandoned totally. More awareness of the condition, use of the Wellbeing index to identify potential depressives and appropriate management should be the norm. Depressive patients should not be stigmatised by their condition. This book offers pragmatic solutions to all these problems.