Depression and Other Mood Disorders - Softcover

Deborah Antai-Otong

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972214771 ISBN 13: 9780972214773

Publisher: PESI Healthcare, 2003

Synopsis

Major depression is the most common of all psychiatric conditions. It is more prevalent than diabetes and asthma and, by 2020, will rank second only to ischemic heart disease as the worldwide disease burden. It is estimated that one third of all individuals are likely to experience an episode of depression during their lifetime. The potentially adverse effects of depression and other mood disorders are costly, debilitating and often result in functional impairment, developmental disabilities and suicide. For these reasons, clinicians are often challenged to recognize varying presentations of mood disorders, make accurate diagnosis and implement appropriate treatment plans.

Depression and Other Mood Disorders is an easy-to-use, contemporary and evidence-based approach to evaluation and management of various anxiety disorders. Clinicians in varied health care settings will find this appealing and comprehensive handbook a necessity in distinguishing and evaluating anxiety disorders quickly and accurately, intervening safely, and implementing appropriate client-centered interventions. This handbook represents efforts to present clinicians with the most contemporary research findings that can reduce the burden of diverse anxiety disorders and facilitate positive treatment outcomes.

The author analyzes existing empirical findings that may play a role in the underpinnings of various anxiety disorders and clinical implications for health care providers in vast practice settings: panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and other phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.

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About the Author

Deborah Antai-Otong, MS, RN, CNS, NP, CS, FAAN is a clinical, educational, organizational and legal consultant. She is also a certified mediator and a professional communicator. She is a nationally-sought speaker on various topics including psychosocial, addiction, depression, anxiety disorders, dementia, psychopharmacology and psychiatric emergencies. Ms. Antai-Otong is also a motivational speaker and expert on diverse topics including conflict resolution, mediation, team building, anger management, dealing with difficult people, workplace violence and assertiveness training. She has numerous referred nursing and medical publications, including Journal of Psychiatric Research, Psychopharmacology, Neuropharmacology, Nursing, American Journal of Nursing, Journal of Addictions Nursing, Advance for Nurse Practitioners, and Geriatric Nursing. She is a manuscript reviewer and member of numerous editorial boards including Journal of Addictions Nursing, Advance for Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialist. She is the author/editor of several books including Psychiatric Nursing: Biological and Behavioral Concepts (Delmar Thomson Learning), Psychiatric Emergencies (PESI HealthCare) and co-author of Decision-Making in Psychiatric and Psychosocial Nursing (BC Decker). She is a psychotherapist and has extensive experience working with clients experiencing depression, grief, anger management, early childhood trauma and borderline personality disorder. Her clinical expertise includes psychiatric emergencies, medication management, crisis intervention, workplace violence, and psychiatric consultation and employee assistance. She received her MS in psychiatric mental health nursing and BS from Texas Woman’s University and post-master certificate as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from the University of Texas at Arlington.

About this edition

• Publisher: PESI Healthcare
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0972214771
• ISBN 13: 9780972214773
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 102