Clinical Depression Chapter Summary

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After looking through the book, it seems Depression will most likely be of use. It discusses clinical depression in great detail. Six chapters are dedicated to explaining a specific aspect of the disorder. Each section is very detailed, including many statistics and some graphs and tables. The first chapter is an overview of the condition that discusses the history of how people with depression are treated, the definition of depression, the factors that contribute to one becoming depressed, and more. Chapter Two gives characteristics of the numerous types of the disorder. Furthermore, the topic of chapter three are the causes of depression and is in four different cases. The most promising case for my thesis is the fourth story, in which

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