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The Nature of Depression

An Updated Review

  • 1st Edition - October 9, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Ahmed Moustafa
  • Language: English

The Nature of Depression: An Updated Review provides clear connections between psychiatric and neurological disorders. Unlike prior books on depression, this book covers many n… Read more

Description

The Nature of Depression: An Updated Review provides clear connections between psychiatric and neurological disorders. Unlike prior books on depression, this book covers many neurological and psychiatric disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, major depressive disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, PTSD, addiction and anxiety disorder. In addition, this book covers different forms of depression, including transition-induced depression and the development of depression following major life events, including birth of a child, menopause and retirement.

Key features

  • Covers depression comorbidity with psychological and neurological disorders
  • Reviews comorbidity with addiction, anxiety, trauma and psychosis
  • Compares the symptoms of subclinical depression to major depression
  • Discusses how stress and sleep impact depression
  • Theorizes the path of depression following negative life transitions

Readership

Advanced students and researchers in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychopharmacology

Table of contents

Recent topics on major depressive disorders

  1. Peripheral biomarkers in major depressive disorders

  2. Neural and Genetic correlates of Cognitive Deficits in Major Depressive Disorder

  3. The effects of antidepressants (SSRIs) on Cognitive function in Major Depressive Disorder

  4. The Neural Substrates of Different Depression Symptoms: Animal and Human Studies

    5. The nature of depression in other disorders

  5. Depression in Parkinson’s disease

  6. Anxiety, Depression and Migraine Comorbidity: A Literature Review

  7. The interrelationship between alcoholism, depression, and anxiety

  8. The relationship between gambling and depression

  9. The nature of depression in bipolar disorder

    10. General topics on depression

  10. The Relationships Between Social Media Use and Factors Relating to Depression

  11. Impulsivity and its Relationship with Anxiety, Stress, and Depression

  12. A review on depression following major life transitions

Review quotes

"In total, this book proves to be an excellent and practical idea-generator, in which quick progression through both persevering and burgeoning concepts yields an eagerness to explore the data further. Admittedly, while this text is on the terse side, there is still plenty of content to attract experienced researchers."—Applied Neuropsychology-Adult

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 9, 2020
  • Language: English

About the author

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Ahmed Moustafa

Dr. Ahmed Moustafa is the Head of School of Psychology and Professor of Psychology and Computational Modeling at Bond University, Australia. He obtained his BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science at Cairo University, Egypt, and his PhD in Cognitive Science at the University of Lafayette, USA. Dr. Moustafa specializes in computational and neuropsychological studies of addiction, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, PTSD, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Discover Psychology (Springer) and has edited ten books, including Elsevier’s Cognitive, Clinical, and Neural Aspects of Drug Addiction; The Psychology and Neuroscience of Impulsivity; Cognitive and Behavioral Dysfunction in Schizophrenia; Mental Health Effects of COVID-19; Alzheimer’s Disease; Cybersecurity and Cognitive Science; Big Data in Psychiatry and Neurology; The Nature of Depression; and Social Cognition in Psychosis.

Affiliations and expertise
School of Psychology, Bond University, Robina, Queensland, Australia

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