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This collection of excerpts and short articles offers general readers basic information about the prevalence, symptoms, and types of depressive mood disorders, among them major depression, dystheymia, atypical depression, bipolar disorder, depression during and after pregnancy, depression with psychosis, and seasonal affective disorder. It discusses genetic, biological, and environmental risk factors for depression and examines the impact of depression among he chronically ill, minority populations, children, adolescents, college students, men, women, and older adults. There is also information about diagnosis and treatment such as therapies, medications, and brain stimulation techniques; about alternative and complementary therapies; about warning signs; and about the prevalence of suicide. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)