Chapter
Psychoendocrinology of Depression
Abstract
Despite continuing progress in the treatment and prophylaxis of affective disorders, mental depression remains a major world health problem. Statistics on mental depression vary to some extent; however, they all attest to the high frequency of this disorder in the population. The lifetime risk of any one of us suffering from a depression of clinical severity has been estimated at between 10 and 15% (Weissman and Klerman, 1978). According to …
Authors
Brown GM; Grof P; Grof E
Book title
Psychoneuroendocrine Dysfunction
Pagination
pp. 343-356
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
1984
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4684-4529-9_19