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Korena TinninEnglish 101, Section 2675Ms. Barbara KrystalAnnotated BibliographyMay 26, 2009Depression TreatmentDepression is something that thousands of people have and many try to cope with without tellinganyone in hopes that it will go away. However, it is not as simple as that. It affects the entire body and can be life changing. A person with depression may experience some or all of thesesymptoms of depression; changes in thinking, behavior, feelings, and physical well being. Withthe proper treatment many can get back to living the life they once knew.Treatment of Recurrent Depression (Review of Psychiatry). Arlington, VA: AmericanPsychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2001AuthorityRachel Upjohn Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences; Chair, Department of Psychiatry; Senior Research Scientist, Mental Health Research Institute; and Director, TheUniversity of Michigan Depression Center, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MichiganScopeThis book touches on mortality rates from suicides, the personal consequences, cost, treatmentstrategies, lifetime impact, and potential new treatments

CompareThis book can be compared to the scholarly article for the outcome of treatment and overcominga relapse. Focusing and exhausting one’s ability to live in the everyday world withoutdepression is a very difficult process when there is no help or hope. Yet, in both circumstancesthe authors have sought out other causes to the depression and any other illnesses that would beaiding it.OpinionWhile this book does offer a great deal of research on depression it also offers further information on its affects to the human body. It goes on to describe different treatment optionsthat can be offered to an individual when other sources have been exhausted. However, someoptions can be life threatening and should be thought out with great care before proceeding.Steven Hollon, Michael Thase, and John Markowitz. "Treatment and Prevention of Depression." Psy chological Science in the Public Interest 3.2 (2002): 39-77.AuthorityHollon’s primary interest lies in the etiology and treatment of depression in adults. His work extends from basic psychopathology to prevention and treatment. He is particularly interested inthe relative contribution of cognitive and biological processes to depression, and how the relativeefficacies of psychosocial versus pharmacological interventions compare. A current interest isthe prevention of depression, both with respect to its initial onset and subsequent recurrencefollowing successful treatment. Dr. Thase is an expert in assessment and treatment of mooddisorders, with particular interest in major depressive disorders, long-term treatment andcombination therapy. His current PI work includes a study of cognitive therapy for depression

treatment, a multi-site investigation of psychotherapy and medication in addressing major depression, and a placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial on the use of continuation-phasecognitive therapy and fluoxetine for major depressive disorder. Dr. Markowitz conductsresearch on psychotherapy and medication as treatments for depression, posttraumatic stressdisorder, and borderline personality disorder. He teaches and supervises interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), supportive psychotherapy, and pharmacotherapy.ScopeExplains that depression is one of the most common and debilitating psychiatric disorders andthat it can lead to suicide. Medications that have been used to help prevent depression still havean uncertainty. Psychotherapy seems to be more helpful in social interaction vs. medicationalthough it takes longer to take effect. It mentions a few others types of possible ways in preventing depression as well.CompareThis is being compared to Treatment of Recurrent Depression shows that both have theunderstanding of suicide coming into play due to depression and possible ways to alleviate thisdifferent forms of treatment.OpinionIt focuses on depression and its ability to debilitate people and the fatal flaws that it has rendered.There is a focus on prevention of depression and the remission for those that have been throughit. Further reading describes the ability to study a patient for further disorder that may be thecause of depression so that the prognosis can be fully utilized