Depression runs in families : the social context of risk and resilience in children of depressed mothers /

"Depression runs in families." Above all, the goal of this book is to come to some conclusions about the meaning of that simple assertion, which has a far from simple ex- planation of meaning. This book is designed to address some of the gaps in previous research on depressive disorders in...

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Main Author: Hammen, Constance L.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer-Verlag, [1991]
Series:Series in psychopathology.
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Summary:"Depression runs in families." Above all, the goal of this book is to come to some conclusions about the meaning of that simple assertion, which has a far from simple ex- planation of meaning. This book is designed to address some of the gaps in previous research on depressive disorders in the family context: the sheer numbers of people with affective disorders marks them as our most common psychiatric problem.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 275 pages) : illustrations.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-275).
ISBN:9781468464108 (electronic bk.)
1468464108 (electronic bk.)