Difficulties of Treating Depression

Volume 38 · Number 7
JULY 2008

This edition of Psychiatric Annals features a review of the published findings of the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD) study, two case studies regarding the elderly and depression, and presentations of depressive symptom patterns in various cities across the country of Pakistan.

Is Bipolar Depression the Same or Different from Unipolar Depression?
Jan Fawcett, MD

Psychiatry in the News

CE article What We have Learned from the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD) Study
Jan Fawcett, MD

CE article Suicide Among Elderly Minority: Questions Raised by Case Studies
Nahla Mahgoub, MD; Nabil Kotbi, MD

CE article A 71-year-old Woman with Cognitive Deficits and Social Withdrawal
Nahla Mahgoub, MD

CE article Expression of Depressive Symptoms, Regional Variations: A Comparison of Three Cities in Pakistan
Dr. Amin A. Muhammad Gadit; Dr. Gerry J. Mugford