Depression, a mood disorder, is a medical illness that affects at least 5% of the population at any point in time. Drs. Tunali, Jefferson, and Greist give a thorough, up-to-date, easy-to-read description of the illness (including a self-report questionnaire), the medications used to treat it, and other nondrug treatments. They draw upon their own practices to answer the questions most commonly asked about depression and the treatments.
