Taming the Tyrant: Treating Depressed Adults - Hardcover

Schuyler, Dean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039370257X ISBN 13: 9780393702576

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998

Synopsis

Depression tyrannizes a startling 17.4 million Americans today, irrespective of age, culture, or socioeconomic status.

It is not a simple or unitary disorder. It may appear as the high of mania, the nagging low of dysthymia, as seasonal blues or suicidal thoughts; it may be disguised as or occur along with other physical or mental disorders.

Taming the Tyrant guides clinicians in diagnosing, understanding, and treating the full spectrum of depressive disorders. An indispensable reference in today's time-restricted managed care environment, it is designed to reduce trial-and-error by enabling clinicians to identify each depressive disorder sooner and to respond with the treatments most likely to prove effective for that disorder.

Dr. Schuyler teams 25 years of clinical experience in psychiatry with an intelligent analysis of the newest developments in research to explain the biological, affective, cognitive, and behavioral mechanisms of depression. He describes depression's many and varied presentations, then details not only the hows but also the whys of the expanding pharmacological treatment options, as well as treatment through convulsive therapy or cognitive therapy.

A full chapter is devoted to managing the suicidal patient-an all-too-common yet increasingly problematic issue in light of the decreased access to inpatient treatment. Special attention is also given to treating depression in the elderly, a need that is growing as quickly as the population of older Americans. Dr. Schuyler discusses prescribing medication safely, caring for the bereaved, and recognizing depression's often unique presentation in this age group.

Besides giving a thorough presentation of the familiar depressive disorders such as dysthymia, the unipolar and bipolar depressions, and resistant depression, Taming the Tyrant explains other, less familiar depressive illnesses: chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, olfactory reference syndrome, and body dysmorphic disorder. This is the comprehensive modern reference for treating depressed adults.

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About the Author

Dean Schuyler, M.D.M., is a nationally recognized expert in Cognitive Therapy who has treated patients for over thirty years. He is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. A Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Schuyler is also a Founding Fellow in the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 039370257X
• ISBN 13: 9780393702576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222