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		<title>Cultural Issues in the Treatment of Anxiety</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friedman S, editor New York, London: The Guilford Press; 1997. 261 pp. with index ISBN 1-57230-237-2 Anxiety is a profound human experience. Anxiety disorders are universal in human societies, although the diagnostic patterns vary over time and from one place to another. This volume describes some culturally bound anxiety syndromes, but dwells on the diagnostic categories of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third (DSM-III), third revised (DSM-III-R) and fourth (DSM-IV) editions. This manual provides diagnostic criteria for panic disorder, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and the generalized anxiety disorder. Twenty-seven prominent psychiatrists, psychologists and experts from related fields contributed to this volume, offering guidelines for diagnosis and culturally informed treatment. The first part of the book deals with general issues in the cross-cultural treatment of anxiety disorders. The second part of the volume deals with the treatment of specific ethnic groups in the US, including Hispanic-, Caribbean-, Asian- Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Friedman S, editor

New York, London: The  Guilford Press; 1997. 261 pp. with index

ISBN 1-57230-237-2

Anxiety is a profound  human experience. Anxiety disorders are universal in human societies, although  the diagnostic patterns vary over time and from one place to another. This  volume describes some culturally bound anxiety syndromes, but dwells on the diagnostic categories of the Diagnostic and  Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third (DSM-III), third revised  (DSM-III-R) and fourth (DSM-IV) editions. This manual provides diagnostic  criteria for panic disorder,  phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder,  post-traumatic stress disorder and the generalized anxiety disorder. Twenty-seven prominent psychiatrists, psychologists and experts from related fields contributed to this volume, offering guidelines  for diagnosis and culturally informed treatment.

The first part of the  book deals with general issues in the cross-cultural treatment of anxiety disorders. The second part of  the volume deals with the treatment of specific ethnic groups in the US,  including Hispanic-, Caribbean-,  Asian- <a href="http://depressionsymptomstreatment.net/book-review/cultural-issues-in-the-treatment-of-anxiety/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Treatment of Anxiety Disorders</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Clinician's Guide and Patient Treatment Manuals Gavin Andrews, Rocco Crino, Caroline Hunt, Lisa Lampe, Andrew Page, 423 pp, ISBN 0-521-46927-9, Cambridge University Press 1996 Writing for psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, Gavin Andrews and his co-authors claim that their book 'provides most of the information needed for the successful treatment of patients with anxiety disorders'. About three-quarters of the book is said to be unique in terms of format, consisting of 'patient treatment manuals' (PTMs) and accompanying 'clinician's guides' (CGs) dealing with each of the five common primary anxiety disorders (panic disorder and agoraphobia; social phobia; specific phobias; obsessive-compulsive disorder; generalised anxiety disorder). Secondary anxiety disorders (for example, post-traumatic stress disorder) are not included. The PTMs are self-help manuals and the purchaser of the book is at liberty to copy them for individual patients, who will use them as self-help manuals. They are 'both the guidebook and the journey'; whereas the CGs, 'for clinicians' Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Clinician's Guide and Patient Treatment Manuals

Gavin Andrews, Rocco Crino, Caroline Hunt, Lisa Lampe, Andrew Page, 423 pp, ISBN 0-521-46927-9, Cambridge University Press 1996

Writing for psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, Gavin Andrews and his co-authors claim that their book 'provides most of the information needed for the successful treatment of patients with anxiety disorders'. About three-quarters of the book is said to be unique in terms of format, consisting of 'patient treatment manuals' (PTMs) and accompanying 'clinician's guides' (CGs) dealing with each of the five common primary anxiety disorders (panic disorder and agoraphobia; social phobia; specific phobias; obsessive-compulsive disorder; generalised anxiety disorder). Secondary anxiety disorders (for example, post-traumatic stress disorder) are not included.

The PTMs are self-help manuals and the purchaser of the book is at liberty to copy them for individual patients, who will use them as self-help manuals. They are 'both the guidebook and the journey'; whereas the CGs, 'for clinicians' <a href="http://depressionsymptomstreatment.net/book-review/the-treatment-of-anxiety-disorders/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Drug Use In Assisted Suicide And Euthanasia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editors: Margaret P. Battin, Arthur G. Lipman Pharmaceutical Products Press, 10 Alice St, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580 USA 1996/360 pp Balanced discussion of a controversial topic Overall Rating Very good Strengths Balanced discussion of ethical, personal, legal, and pharmaceutical aspects of assisted suicide and euthanasia Audience All those (potentially) involved in decision making regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia It is generally assumed that death by assisted suicide or euthanasia is to be caused by lethal doses of drugs, not guns or other violent means. This book addresses issues about the use of drugs in actively bringing about death. However, it offers much more than the title and the purpose suggest. Many chapters, some written by opponents of assisted suicide and euthanasia and others by advocates of these practices, offer excellent discussions of multiple aspects of assisted suicide and euthanasia, creating deep awareness of the complex issues involved. The perspective of pharmacists, which has often been overlooked, provides insightful information about pharmacists' attitudes Read more [...]]]></description>
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Editors: Margaret P. Battin, Arthur G. Lipman
Pharmaceutical Products Press, 10 Alice St, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580 USA
1996/360 pp

Balanced discussion of a controversial topic
Overall Rating
Very good
Strengths
Balanced discussion of ethical, personal, legal, and pharmaceutical aspects of assisted suicide and euthanasia
Audience
All those (potentially) involved in decision making regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia

It is generally assumed that death by assisted suicide or euthanasia is to be caused by lethal doses of drugs, not guns or other violent means. This book addresses issues about the use of drugs in actively bringing about death. However, it offers much more than the title and the purpose suggest.

Many chapters, some written by opponents of assisted suicide and euthanasia and others by advocates of these practices, offer excellent discussions of multiple aspects of assisted suicide and euthanasia, creating deep awareness of the complex issues involved. The perspective of pharmacists, which has often been overlooked, provides insightful information about pharmacists' attitudes <a href="http://depressionsymptomstreatment.net/book-review/drug-use-in-assisted-suicide-and-euthanasia/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Antidepressants &#8211; thirty years on</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Leonard and Paul Spenser, eds. Colchester: Portland Press, 1991, 516 pp ISBN 1-869868-74-9 The Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal College of General Practitioners launched a 5-year Defeat Depression Campaign on 30 January 1992. The first year of the campaign is intended to educate health professionals in the recognition and treatment of depression. This book, which is the proceedings of the Conference of the British Society for Psycho-Pharmacology held in Ireland in September 1988, provides an overview of the current pharmacological options in the treatment of depression. Thirty years have elapsed since the almost simultaneous discovery of the therapeutic effect of MOA inhibitors and Imipramine in a substantial percentage of patients with severe depression. Antidepressants are the leading category of CNS drugs in research and development, occupying 11th place of all therapeutic categories, with more than 100 new chemical entities at various stages of development at the time of the Conference. One hundred and nineteen contributors helped to place the current use of antidepressants Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Brian Leonard and Paul Spenser, eds.

Colchester: Portland Press, 1991, 516 pp

ISBN 1-869868-74-9

The Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal College of General Practitioners launched a 5-year Defeat Depression Campaign on 30 January 1992. The first year of the campaign is intended to educate health professionals in the recognition and treatment of depression.

This book, which is the proceedings of the Conference of the British Society for Psycho-Pharmacology held in Ireland in September 1988, provides an overview of the current pharmacological options in the treatment of depression. Thirty years have elapsed since the almost simultaneous discovery of the therapeutic effect of MOA inhibitors and Imipramine in a substantial percentage of patients with severe depression. Antidepressants are the leading category of CNS drugs in research and development, occupying 11th place of all therapeutic categories, with more than 100 new chemical entities at various stages of development at the time of the Conference. One hundred and nineteen contributors helped to place the current use of antidepressants <a href="http://depressionsymptomstreatment.net/book-review/antidepressants-thirty-years-on/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Treating mental illness in primary care</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managing Mental Health Problems. A Practical Guide for Primary Care Nick Kates, Marilyn Craven Hogrefe &#38; Huber Publishers, 12 Bruce Park Ave, Toronto, ON M4P 2S3 1998/390 pp Strengths Practical, useful instruction Weaknesses Not comprehensive For a long time, managing mental health problems in primary care has been poorly understood and criticized by physicians not principally involved in primary care. I believe this misunderstanding stems in part from not having defined the skill set unique to family practice. Therefore, the authors have done much to fill that gap in the primary care literature by publishing this book. The authors are well-known to many family physicians through their links to the psychiatry and family practice departments at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. Their involvement in fostering shared mental health care anticipates the growing reality that family physicians are being asked to provide more mental health care. This book offers a solid, practical working definition of the skill set necessary to meet that challenge. Particularly useful are the many lists, Read more [...]]]></description>
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Managing Mental Health Problems.
A Practical Guide for Primary Care
Nick Kates, Marilyn Craven
Hogrefe &amp; Huber Publishers, 12 Bruce Park Ave, Toronto, ON M4P 2S3
1998/390 pp
Strengths
Practical, useful instruction
Weaknesses
Not comprehensive

For a long time, managing mental health problems in primary care has been poorly understood and criticized by physicians not principally involved in primary care. I believe this misunderstanding stems in part from not having defined the skill set unique to family practice. Therefore, the authors have done much to fill that gap in the primary care literature by publishing this book.

The authors are well-known to many family physicians through their links to the psychiatry and family practice departments at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. Their involvement in fostering shared mental health care anticipates the growing reality that family physicians are being asked to provide more mental health care. This book offers a solid, practical working definition of the skill set necessary to meet that challenge.

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		<title>Psychiatric Primary Care</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Linda Denise Oakley, Claudette Potter Mosby-Year Book, Inc, 11830 Westline Industrial Dr, St Louis, MO 63146 USA 1997/448 pp Strengths Assessment and DSM-IV diagnosis Weakness Specific pharmacologie treatment Audience Family physicians and allied mental health professionals The authors of this ambitious book state, "We have developed a book for primary care practitioners that presents everything from basic mental concepts and terms to clinical examples of psychiatric primary care." The book is divided into five parts that deal with basic concepts of assessment and diagnosis; common mental disorders; psychosocial problems; special populations and problems, such as children; and practice notes covering mental health laws, threatening patients, and clinical vignettes. Illnesses are conceptualized in the biopsychosocial model, and diagnoses are based on DSM-IV definitions. This book is very strong in assessing mental disorders, presenting epidemiologic data, risk factors, psychiatric terminology, and DSM-IV criteria. It is also strong in addressing the psychosocial context in which mental illnesses Read more [...]]]></description>
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Linda Denise Oakley, Claudette Potter
Mosby-Year Book, Inc, 11830 Westline Industrial Dr, St Louis, MO 63146 USA
1997/448 pp
Strengths
Assessment and DSM-IV diagnosis
Weakness
Specific pharmacologie treatment
Audience
Family physicians and allied mental health professionals

The authors of this ambitious book state, "We have developed a book for primary care practitioners that presents everything from basic mental concepts and terms to clinical examples of psychiatric primary care."

The book is divided into five parts that deal with basic concepts of assessment and diagnosis; common mental disorders; psychosocial problems; special populations and problems, such as children; and practice notes covering mental health laws, threatening patients, and clinical vignettes.

Illnesses are conceptualized in the biopsychosocial model, and diagnoses are based on DSM-IV definitions. This book is very strong in assessing mental disorders, presenting epidemiologic data, risk factors, psychiatric terminology, and DSM-IV criteria. It is also strong in addressing the psychosocial context in which mental illnesses <a href="http://depressionsymptomstreatment.net/book-review/psychiatric-primary-care/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Recognizing depression in adolescents</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helping Your Depressed Teenager. A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Gerald D. Oster, Sarah S. Montgomery John Wiley &#38; Sons Canada, Ltd, 5353 Dundas St W, 4th Floor, Etobicoke, ON M9B 6H8 1995/184 pp Strengths Very informative, logical presentation, useful bibliography and resource list Weaknesses Support groups mostly in the United States Adolescents are not just "big children" or "little adults." They represent a separate stage in the transition from infancy to old age. The authors have written an informative guide on the teenage years to help parents and caregivers understand the normal and abnormal transitional stages and emotional experiences of adolescents. They identify the feelings and symptoms of clinical depression, as distinct from the "ups and downs" that we take for granted in this age group. Signs and symptoms of suicidal thoughts and actions are given and what treatment approaches to take. Overall, the emphasis in this handbook is for parents to listen to, understand, communicate with, and take their teenagers seriously. Most material is presented logically, with case studies Read more [...]]]></description>
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Helping Your Depressed Teenager.
A Guide for Parents and Caregivers
Gerald D. Oster, Sarah S. Montgomery
John Wiley &amp; Sons Canada, Ltd, 5353 Dundas St W, 4th Floor, Etobicoke, ON M9B 6H8
1995/184 pp
Strengths
Very informative, logical presentation, useful bibliography and resource list
Weaknesses
Support groups mostly in the United States

Adolescents are not just "big children" or "little adults." They represent a separate stage in the transition from infancy to old age. The authors have written an informative guide on the teenage years to help parents and caregivers understand the normal and abnormal transitional stages and emotional experiences of adolescents. They identify the feelings and symptoms of clinical depression, as distinct from the "ups and downs" that we take for granted in this age group. Signs and symptoms of suicidal thoughts and actions are given and what treatment approaches to take. Overall, the emphasis in this handbook is for parents to listen to, understand, communicate with, and take their teenagers seriously.

Most material is presented logically, with case studies <a href="http://depressionsymptomstreatment.net/book-review/recognizing-depression-in-adolescents/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Practical management in psychiatry</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychological Problems in General Practice A.C. Markus; C. Murray Parkes; P. Tomson; M.Johnston Oxford University Press, 70 Wynford Dr, Don Mills, ON M3C IJ9 1989/406 pp The authors believe that psychiatry in general practice is a different specialty from psychiatry in hospitals. The authors suggest that a problem-oriented model is more appropriate to family practice. The authors also believe that psychoanalysis is a frame of reference that has outlived its usefulness and have introduced their textbooks with chapters on ethology, psychology, and social science, as well as an introduction to the excellent British literature on the epidemiology of psychiatric illness in general practice. The bulk of the book focuses on practical management by the primary care team, the family life cycle and its turning points, mind and body relationships, and traditional psychiatric disorders. This book is well written, comprehensive, and for the most part, the authors have met their objective of providing information about the problems in family practice. I do have several reservations about the book, which perhaps Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Psychological Problems in General Practice
A.C. Markus; C. Murray Parkes; P. Tomson; M.Johnston
Oxford University Press, 70 Wynford Dr, Don Mills, ON M3C IJ9
1989/406 pp

The authors believe that psychiatry in general practice is a different specialty from psychiatry in hospitals. The authors suggest that a problem-oriented model is more appropriate to family practice. The authors also believe that psychoanalysis is a frame of reference that has outlived its usefulness and have introduced their textbooks with chapters on ethology, psychology, and social science, as well as an introduction to the excellent British literature on the epidemiology of psychiatric illness in general practice.

The bulk of the book focuses on practical management by the primary care team, the family life cycle and its turning points, mind and body relationships, and traditional psychiatric disorders.

This book is well written, comprehensive, and for the most part, the authors have met their objective of providing information about the problems in family practice. I do have several reservations about the book, which perhaps <a href="http://depressionsymptomstreatment.net/book-review/practical-management-in-psychiatry/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Research Methods in Psychiatry</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research Methods in Psychiatry: A beginner's guide Chris Freeman and Peter tyrer (eds) The Royal College of Psychiatrists, London 1989, 240 pages Not every doctor will become a dedicated researcher but an understanding of research principles and methods is essential for effective critical enquiry or performance review and thus for improved patient care. Like their psychiatrist colleagues, general practitioner trainees increasingly accept the link between individual research and better clinical practice. Chris Freeman and Peter lyrer have drawn on their experience of running research methodology courses to assemble a beginner's guide which succeeds admirably in its aims. Though primarily intended for trainee psychiatrists, there is much that is common to research work in any scientific discipline and much that is of interest to general practitioners. Besides the standard topics covered in the introduction, the authors give advice on 'getting supervision' and 'keeping a research diary' and counsel on 'coping with failure and how to prevent it'. They amuse by examining the motivation for carrying Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Research Methods in Psychiatry: A beginner's guide

Chris Freeman and Peter tyrer (eds)

The Royal College of Psychiatrists, London

1989, 240 pages

Not every doctor will become a dedicated researcher but an understanding of research principles and methods is essential for effective critical enquiry or performance review and thus for improved patient care. Like their psychiatrist colleagues, general practitioner trainees increasingly accept the link between individual research and better clinical practice. Chris Freeman and Peter lyrer have drawn on their experience of running research methodology courses to assemble a beginner's guide which succeeds admirably in its aims. Though primarily intended for trainee psychiatrists, there is much that is common to research work in any scientific discipline and much that is of interest to general practitioners.

Besides the standard topics covered in the introduction, the authors give advice on 'getting supervision' and 'keeping a research diary' and counsel on 'coping with failure and how to prevent it'. They amuse by examining the motivation for carrying <a href="http://depressionsymptomstreatment.net/book-review/research-methods-in-psychiatry/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Anxiety and Stress Management</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trevor J Powell and Simon J Enright Routledge, Chapman and Hall, London 1989, 196 pages This useful book is the first in a series on strategies for mental health. Forthcoming titles will include Assertiveness training, Bereavement and loss and Rehabilitation and community care. If these volumes are of the same high standard as this book then they may, as the series title implies, have a positive effect on mental health. The contents of this book divide into four parts: the first part looks at the research underpinning theories of stress and anxiety, the second describes a wide range of assessment procedures, the third and by far the largest section looks at management strategies, and a final section uses clinical cases to demonstrate the application of the strategies which are described. The stated aim of the authors is to demystify symptoms and to provide individuals with coping skills. There are skills here in abundance for the general practitioner and other members of the primary health care team. At a personal level there are useful sections on goal planning and time management, and the Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Trevor J Powell and Simon J Enright

Routledge, Chapman and Hall, London

1989, 196 pages

This useful book is the first in a series on strategies for mental health. Forthcoming titles will include Assertiveness training, Bereavement and loss and Rehabilitation and community care. If these volumes are of the same high standard as this book then they may, as the series title implies, have a positive effect on mental health.

The contents of this book divide into four parts: the first part looks at the research underpinning theories of stress and anxiety, the second describes a wide range of assessment procedures, the third and by far the largest section looks at management strategies, and a final section uses clinical cases to demonstrate the application of the strategies which are described.

The stated aim of the authors is to demystify symptoms and to provide individuals with coping skills. There are skills here in abundance for the general practitioner and other members of the primary health care team. At a personal level there are useful sections on goal planning and time management, and the <a href="http://depressionsymptomstreatment.net/book-review/anxiety-and-stress-management/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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