Depression Runs in Families
Author | : Constance Hammen |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2013-11-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781468464108 |
ISBN-13 | : 1468464108 |
Rating | : 4/5 (108 Downloads) |
Download or read book Depression Runs in Families written by Constance Hammen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Depression runs in families." Above all, the goal of this book is to come to some conclusions about the meaning of that simple assertion, which has a far from simple ex- planation of meaning. This book is designed to address some of the gaps in previous research on depressive disorders in the family context: the sheer numbers of people with affective disorders marks them as our most common psychiatric problem.