Description
Book SynopsisBy identifying aspects of the individual's qualities, behaviors, and experiences that may account for poor response to treatment, Still Down points the way for people with TRD and their families to find appropriate diagnoses and the best possible care.
Trade Review... Patients, psychiatry residents, and physicians will find this a helpful guide to reconsidering clinical options when standard treatments don't work. Library Journal In a concise, clearly written and exceptionally helpful book, [MacKinnon] provides insights and advice on what to do if [antidepressant] medications don't work initially... Brief summaries, case notes, and excellent appendices make this a useful book for practitioners and patients alike. Simply stated, this book is a gem. It's a very understandable guide to a very complex and frustrating issue. Clinical Psychiatry News
Table of ContentsList of TablesIntroduction Section I: Fundamentals Ann: Textbook depression Bob: Treatment ambivalence Carla: Underdosing Section II: Misdiagnosis Darius: Demoralization Evelyn: Bipolar depression Frances: Overmedication Section III: Treatment Resistant Depression Gary: Double depression Hannah: Residual depression Irma: Treatment refractory depression Conclusion Appendix A: Common therapeutic practices to boost antidepressant responseAppendix B: Assessment of the patient with antidepressant failureIndex
