Severe Depression

by Roger S. McIntyre

Major depressive disorder is highly prevalent, recurrent, and associated with inter-episodic dysfunction. Individuals with severe depression exhibit profound morbidity, co-morbidity, disability, cost, and mortality. Severe depression is a heterogeneous phenotype with a lack of standardized definition. The chronic and heterogeneous nature of severe depression results in a lower probability of spontaneous remission and often a chronic course. The complicated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199570248
• ISBN13: 9780199570249
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 3.9" x 7.0"