Comorbiditiy of depression and alcohol use disorders.

9781606921807

Comorbiditiy of depression and alcohol use disorders.

Ed. by Leo Sher.

Nova Science Publishers

2009

198 pages

$89.00

Hardcover

HV5045

This book presents international research on the relationship between alcoholism and depression. Some topics examined include the epidemiology of major depression and alcohol dependence, gender and the prevalence of depression among Jews, treatment of comorbid depression and alcohol abuse with antidepressant medications, and alcohol misuse and seasonal changes in mood and behavior. Several chapters are devoted to the roots of alcohol use and depression in adolescence. The book will be of interest to physicians, psychologists, mental health counselors, students, and medical residents. Sher is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University.

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