This research guide has been prepared by the staff of the Consumer Health Information Service (CHIS), which is located on the third floor of the Toronto Reference Library in downtown Toronto. CHIS is funded in part by the Government of Ontario.
This brief guide is intended to provide health information. It is a representative, rather than comprehensive, list of organizations and publications on the topic of Depression. This guide does not imply recommendation of any treatment and should not be substituted for the advice of a health care provider.
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Definitions:
Depression: “a mood disturbance characterized by feelings by sadness, despair, and discouragement resulting from and normally proportionate to some personal loss or tragedy; or, an abnormal emotional state characterized by exaggerated feelings of sadness, melancholy, dejection, worthlessness, emptiness, and hopelessness that are inappropriate and out of proportion to reality.” Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, 7th ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier, 2006. p. 536.
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Suggested Subjects and Keywords
- Adjustment disorders
- Children-Mental Health
- Depression in adolescents
- Depression in children
- Depression in men
- Depression in women
- Depression, mental
- Geriatric psychiatry
- Manic depressive illness
- Melancholy
- Men-Mental Health
- Neuroses
- Post-partum depression
- Sadness
- Teenagers-Mental Health
- Women-Mental Health
Suggested resources
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The purpose of the Consumer Health Information Service (CHIS) is to provide public access to a wide range of health and medical information, not to give medical advice or interpretation. Information provided by the Consumer Health Information Service does not imply recommendation or endorsement. It is not a substitute for consultation with a health professional.
Updated: December 2007