CONTENTS

1. Cover
2. Series page
3. Title page
4. Copyright page
5. Contributors
6. Preface
7. Acknowledgements
8. List of Abbreviations
9. Chapter 1: Introduction
   1. Diagnosis and multimorbidity
   2. Epidemiology of depression and anxiety
   3. What causes depression and anxiety?
   4. Summary
   5. Further reading
10. Chapter 2: Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents
    1. Primary care – an opportunity to make a difference
    2. Depression in children and adolescents
    3. Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents
    4. Assessment and intervention
    5. Summary
    6. Further reading
11. Chapter 3: Anxiety and Depression in Adults
    1. Anxiety and depression in adults in primary care
    2. Assessment
    3. The management of depression and anxiety in primary care
    4. Continuation and relapse prevention
    5. Summary
    6. Further reading
    7. Resources
12. Chapter 4: Anxiety and Depression in Older People
    1. Summary
    2. Further reading
    3. Resource
13. Chapter 5: Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health
    1. Background
    2. Depression
    3. Anxiety
    4. Impact of depression and anxiety during pregnancy
    5. Case-finding and assessment
    6. Suicide and risk assessment
    7. Interventions
    8. Summary
    9. Further reading
    10. Advice on prescribing
14. Chapter 6: Anxiety and Depression
    1. The nature of the problem
    2. Theories about aetiology
    3. Case-finding
    4. Management
    5. Barriers to effective care
    6. Two neglected topics: the family and prevention
    7. Summary
    8. Further reading
    9. Resources
15. Chapter 7: Bereavement and Grief
    1. Understanding bereavement, grief and mourning
    2. What happens when someone grieves?
    3. When is grief ‘abnormal’?
    4. Bereavement and depression
    5. Treating complicated grief
    6. Summary
    7. Further reading
    8. Resources
16. Chapter 8: Anxiety, Depression and Ethnicity
    1. Anxiety and depression in people from ethnic minority groups
    2. Management of depression and anxiety
    3. Models of care
    4. Summary
    5. Further reading
17. Chapter 9: Special Settings
    1. Background
    2. Assessment and formulation
    3. Management
    4. Improving services
    5. Summary
    6. Further reading
18. Chapter 10: Brief Psychological Interventions for Anxiety and Depression
    1. Introduction
    2. Principles of working briefly with psychological interventions
    3. Summary
    4. Further reading
19. Chapter 11: Anxiety and Depression
    1. When should the use of medication be considered to treat anxiety and depression?
    2. Do antidepressants actually work?
    3. How do antidepressants work?
    4. How should antidepressants be used to treat depression and anxiety?
    5. Prescribing with comorbid illnesses
    6. Pregnancy
    7. Prescribing to patients of different ages
    8. Next step treatments
    9. Further reading
20. Chapter 12: Psychosocial Interventions in the Community for Anxiety and Depression
    1. The context
    2. Problems with accessing care for anxiety and depression
    3. ‘Social problems’
    4. Social prescribing
    5. Improving access
    6. Summary
    7. Further reading
    8. Resource
21. Chapter 13: Looking After Ourselves
    1. Why do some people seem to be more vulnerable to the impact of their work pressures than others?
    2. Why is it so difficult for doctors to ask for help?
    3. Can resilience be learned, or are we just the way we are?
    4. Summary
    5. Resources
22. Appendix 1
23. Appendix 2
24. Appendix 3: Geriatric Depression Scale GDS30
25. Appendix 4: Abbreviated mental test score (AMTS)
26. Appendix 5
27. Appendix 6
28. Appendix 7
29. Appendix 8
30. Index
31. End User License Agreement

List of Illustrations

1. Chapter 09
   1. Figure 9.1 A psychosocial formulation.
2. Chapter 10
   1. Figure 10.1 The ABC cycle.
   2. Figure 10.2 John’s ABC cycle.
3. Chapter 11
   1. Figure 11.1 Algorithm for treating patients with depression and/or anxiety with antidepressants.
4. Chapter 12
   1. Figure 12.1 Multifaceted model to improve access to mental health care.

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