Major depressive disorder Health Article

BOOKS

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.4th edition, text revised. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association,2000.

Beck, Aaron T., M.D., and others. Cognitive Therapy of Depression.New York: Guilford Press, 1979.

Ingram, Rick E. and Joseph M. Price, eds. Vulnerability to Psychopathology; Risk Across the Lifespan.New York: Guilford Press, 2001.

Martell, Christopher, and others. Depression in Context: Strategies for Guided Action.New York: W. W. Norton,2001.

McCullough, James P., Ph.D. Treatment for Chronic Depression. New York: Guilford Press, 2000.

Pelletier, Kenneth R., MD. "CAM Therapies for Specific Conditions: Depression." The Best Alternative Medicine. Part II. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2002.

Rush, John A., ed. Mood and Anxiety Disorders.Philadephia: Williams and Wilkins, 1998.

Seligman, Martin E. P., Ph.D. Helplessness: On Depression, Development, and Death.San Francisco: Freeman, 1975.

Simonds, Susan L. Depression and Women: An Integrative Treatment Approach.New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2001.

Steiner, Meir, M.D. and others, eds. Mood Disorders in Women.London: Martin Dunitz Limited, 2000.

PERIODICALS

Brodaty, H. and others. "A 25-year Longitudinal Comparison Study of the Outcome of Depression." Psychological Medicine31 (2001): 1347-1358.

Nolan, Carla L., and others. "Prefrontal Cortical Volume in Childhood-Onset Major Depression." Archives of General Psychiatry59 (2002): 173-175.

Nuland, Sherwin B., M.D. "The Uncertain Art: Lightning On My Mind." The American Scholar71 (Spring 2002): 127-131.

ORGANIZATIONS

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016. (202) 966-7300. <www.aacap.org>.

National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association. 730 North Franklin Street, Suite 501, Chicago, IL 60610-3526. (800) 826-3632. <www.ndmda.org>.

OTHER

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Clearinghouse. P.O. Box 7923, Gaithersburg, MD 20898. (888) 644-6226. TTY: (866) 464-3615. Fax:(866) 464-3616. <www.nccam.nih.gov>.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Fact Sheet for Physicians. <www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depchildresfact.cfm>.

Jane A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.