How Long to Read Understanding Depression : A Complete Guide to its Diagnosis and Treatment

How Long Does it Take to Read Understanding Depression : A Complete Guide to its Diagnosis and Treatment?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 49 minutes to read Understanding Depression : A Complete Guide to its Diagnosis and Treatment by New York Psychiatric Institute Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Donald F. Klein Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Research

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Description

Recent studies have found that one woman in five, and one man in ten, will suffer from depression or manic depression sometime during the course of their lives. This is a disturbing statistic, but there is hope, because more and more evidence has surfaced to indicate that many psychiatric disorders are biological diseases that can be successfully treated with medication. Most people, however, know little about these recent findings. They don't know how to tell if the depression they are suffering from is biological or not, nor what they can do to recover from it if it is. In Understanding Depression, eminent psychiatrists Donald Klein and Paul Wender offer a definitive guide to depressive illness--its causes, course, and symptoms. They clarify the difference between depression (which is a normal emotion) and biological depression (which is an illness), and include several self-rating tests with which readers can determine whether or not they should seek psychiatric evaluation to determine if they have a biological depressive illness. They describe the symptoms of biological depression, among them loss of energy, changes in eating habits, sleep disturbances, decreased sex drive, restlessness, poor concentration and indecisiveness, and increased use of intoxicants and drugs. And they paint a clear picture of how depressive illness can affect people's lives, using excerpts from patient histories to show the progress of each patient from the onset of depression to treatment and recovery. The authors also discuss the different types of treatment available, including antidepressant drugs, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychotherapy, and they examine the benefits and side effects of psychopharmacological drugs (including the new antidepressants, lithium, and the controversial Prozac), related disorders (such as panic attacks, atypical depression, seasonal affective disorder, and PMS), and how to get the right kind of help. Most victims of biological depression often fail to seek help, whether out of guilt or ignorance, and many are often misdiagnosed by physicians or psychotherapists who fail to recognize the symptoms of the illness. Understanding Depression seeks to make the public (both lay and medical) aware of the issues of biological depression, providing a highly informed and readable guide to this much misunderstood disease.

How long is Understanding Depression : A Complete Guide to its Diagnosis and Treatment?

Understanding Depression : A Complete Guide to its Diagnosis and Treatment by New York Psychiatric Institute Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Donald F. Klein Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Research is 225 pages long, and a total of 57,375 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Understanding Depression : A Complete Guide to its Diagnosis and Treatment Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 13 minutes to read Understanding Depression : A Complete Guide to its Diagnosis and Treatment aloud.

What Reading Level is Understanding Depression : A Complete Guide to its Diagnosis and Treatment?

Understanding Depression : A Complete Guide to its Diagnosis and Treatment is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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