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Author:   Neal L. Cohen (Clinical Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.658kg
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9781421422800

ISBN 10:   1421422808
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   24 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors Acknowledgments 1. The Path to the Public Health Recognition of Depressive Disorders, by Neal L. Cohen Part I 2. Depressive Disorders, by Daniel C. Kopala-Sibley and Daniel Klein 3. The Burden of Depressive Illness, by David A. Kessler, Evelyn J. Bromet, Peter De Jonge, Victoria Shahly, and Marsha Ann Wilcox 4. The Burden of Comorbidity, by Sergio Anguilar-Gaxiola, Daniel Vicente Vigo, and Kate M. Scott 5. Substance Use and Depressive Disorders, by Jacquelyn L. Meyers and Deborah Hasin Part II 6. The Social Epidemiology of Socioeconomic Inequalitiesin Depression, by Helen Cerigo and Amelie Quesnel-Vallee 7. Maternal Depression and the Intergenerational Transmission of Depression, by Constance Hammen 8. The Influence of Stigma for Depression Care, by J. Konadu Fokuo and Patrick W. Corrigan Part III 9. Youth Depression, by Jennifer L. Hughes and Joan Asarnow 10. Understanding Adolescent Suicide, by Regina Miranda, Ana Ortin, Lillian Polanco-Roman, and Jorge Valderrama 11. Interrelationship of Suicidality with Depressive Disorders and Its Implications for Suicide Prevention Strategies at the Population and Individual Levels, by Beth Han, Wilson M. Compton, and Richard McKeon 12. Mindfulness-Based Approaches for Promoting Mental Health in Urban Youth, by Tamar Mendelson and April Joy Damian 13. Mindfulness-Based Approaches for Promoting Mental Health in Urban Youth, by Amelia R. Gavin and Rebecca Rebbe 14. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Depressive Illness and Clinical Care, by Alfiee M. Breland-Noble and Jeanne Miranda 15 . Public Health Perspectives on Depression in Primary Care, by Trina Chang and Albert Yeung 16. A Twenty-First-Century Public Health Challenge and Opportunity, by Neal L. Cohen 17 . The Digital Revolution and Its Potential Impact on Detection and Treatment of Depressive Disorders, by Charles Platkin, Alissa Link, and Amy Kwan 18. Preventing the Onset of Depressive Disorders, by Pim Cuijpers Index

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Collecting work from an array of experts, Cohen (New York State Office of Mental Health) offers an excellent addition to the literature on mental health that examines depressive disorders from a public health and policy perspective. This book is well organized and fairly comprehensive. -Choice A very comprehensive overview of depression, depression research, and treatment written by leading experts that includes emerging work on the social determinants of health and mindfulness. -Ronald W. Manderscheid, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, coeditor of Mental Health, United States, 2000

Collecting work from an array of experts, Cohen (New York State Office of Mental Health) offers an excellent addition to the literature on mental health that examines depressive disorders from a public health and policy perspective. This book is well organized and fairly comprehensive. --Choice

Author Information

Neal L. Cohen, MD, is the senior medical advisor at the New York State Office of Mental Health. He previously served as New York City's commissioner of health and mental health. An associate clinical professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and an adjunct professor at the NYU School of Medicine, he is the editor of Psychiatry Takes to the Streets: Outreach and Crisis Intervention for the Mentally Ill and the coeditor of Population Mental Health: Evidence, Policy, and Public Health Practice.

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