Introduction

1 - What Is Depression

2 - Why Identify and Treat Major Depression

3 - How to Establish the Diagnosis in the Primary-Care Setting

4 - What to Say to the Depressed Patient and How to Say It

5 - When to Institute Antidepressant Drug Therapy

6 - The Rational Basis for the Development and Use of Newer Antidepressants

7 - Considerations When Selecting an Antidepressant

8 - Evaluating the Various Antidepressants

9 - What to Do After the Medication Has Been Selected

10 - Use of Antidepressants With Other Medications

11 - When the Patient Does Not Respond Well to Initial Antidepressant Therapy

12 - References

13 - Index

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