TY - BOOK ID - 700025 TI - Guide to Assessment Scales in Major Depressive Disorder AU - Alexopoulos, George. AU - Kasper, Siegfried. AU - Möller, Hans-Jürgen. AU - Moreno, Carmen. PY - 2014 SN - 3319046276 3319046268 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis, DB - UniCat KW - Depression, Mental KW - Depression, Mental. KW - Depression in children. KW - Depression in old age. KW - Diagnosis. KW - Depression in the aged KW - Late-life depression KW - Geriatric psychiatry KW - Depression, Mental, in children KW - Affective disorders in children KW - Dejection KW - Depression, Unipolar KW - Depressive disorder KW - Depressive psychoses KW - Melancholia KW - Mental depression KW - Unipolar depression KW - Affective disorders KW - Neurasthenia KW - Neuroses KW - Manic-depressive illness KW - Melancholy KW - Sadness KW - Psychiatry. KW - Psychopharmacology. KW - Psychotherapy. KW - Psychagogy KW - Therapy (Psychotherapy) KW - Mental illness KW - Clinical sociology KW - Mental health counseling KW - Behavioral pharmacology KW - Drugs KW - Chemotherapy KW - Pharmacology KW - Psychotropic drugs KW - Medicine and psychology KW - Mental health KW - Psychology, Pathological KW - Treatment KW - Psychotropic effects KW - Psychotherapy . UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:700025 AB - This concise guide provides psychiatrists (including trainees) and general practitioners with a comprehensive overview of the most clinically relevant assessment scales and tools in order to assist with and enhance diagnostic outcomes in depression. Depression is one of the most common mood disorders across the globe, with a lifetime prevalence across all people of 8-10%. Despite being relatively common, depression remains severely underdiagnosed across all age groups and nationalities. ER -