TY  - JOUR
T1  - Clinical depressions: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges
AU  - Callan JP
Y1  - 1981/07/10
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1981.03320020059034
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 171
EP  - 171
VL  - 246
IS  - 2
N2  - Depression, like the poor, it seems, may be always with us. But recent advances in the pharmacotherapy of depression may make it easier to eradicate depression than poverty. Melancholia has been recognized as a major medical disorder since ancient times and it continues to be a large problem today. It is estimated that 100 million persons throughout the world suffer from depression, and probably close to 50% of patients who consult physicians have some primary or secondary depressive features. It may be that with such widespread prevalence, depression is both underdiagnosed and undertreated.Clinical Depressions: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges is a book that takes a fresh look at depression and highlights recent advances in the therapy of that condition. In many respects, the book is excellent, but as occurs with many multiauthored books, it has an uneven quality. Clinical Depressions is an account of the proceedings of a clinical symposium
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1981.03320020059034
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1981.03320020059034
ER  -