Dean Stratton

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) - Basics to Mastery (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Major depressive disorder affects thinking, energy, sleep, appetite, and hope-yet outcomes improve when assessment is systematic and care is stepwise. This handbook distills evidence into a practical path for clinicians, trainees, and informed readers: from core symptom patterns and differential diagnosis to measurement-based care, psychotherapy skills, medication decisions, and long-term recovery planning. Through memorable teaching cases (e.g., Aarav, a 28-year-old developer whose "brain fog" masked atypical features), you'll learn to reason from first contact to maintenance while avoiding pitfalls like missing bipolarity or undertreating residual symptoms.

✓ Diagnostic maps: interviewing checklists, red flags for medical mimics (e.g., thyroid disease), ruling out hypomania, and when urgency warrants a safety plan. ✓ Measurement-first care: using validated scales (e.g., PHQ-9, clinician ratings) to stage severity, track change, and guide step-ups or step-downs. ✓ Psychotherapy skills: behavioral activation scripts, CBT thought records, IPT role-dispute drills, and relapse-prevention plans you can deploy immediately. ✓ Pharmacotherapy: first-line SSRI/SNRI choices, when to consider bupropion or mirtazapine, augmentation strategies, and side-effect counseling/tapering. ✓ Treatment-resistance toolkit: rTMS, ECT, and esketamine where appropriate; combining modalities; referral and shared-care templates. ✓ Special contexts: adolescents, peripartum, late life, and medical comorbidity-plus 20+ case vignettes, worksheets, and sample notes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Viruti Shivan
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798231085019
• Artikelnr.: 75845772