Contents:
Part 1. What is depression?
Part 2. What causes depression?
Part 3. Men and depression research
Part 4. Suicide
Part 5. Treatment
Part 6. Find Help
Part 7. References
References
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The following staff of the NIMH Public Information and Communications Branch were contributing writers and editors of this booklet: Rayford Kytle, Margaret Strock, Melissa Spearing, Clarissa Wittenberg, Daisy Whittemore, Ruth Dubois, Lisa D. Alberts, Jennifer K. Loukissas, and James Petersen. Scientific review was provided by Matthew V. Rudorfer, M.D., and Jane L. Pearson, Ph.D., of NIMH.
Part 1. What is depression?
Part 2. What causes depression?
Part 3. Men and depression research
Part 4. Suicide
Part 5. Treatment
Part 6. Find Help
Part 7. References
NIH Publication No. 4972
Page last reviewed by NIH September 23, 2010
Reviewed by athealth on February 5, 2014.