Is depression a chronic mental illness?

When Is Depression a Terminal Illness? Deliberative Suicide in Chronic Mental Illness.

This commentary explores the utility of hope as a therapeutic tool for intervention in the case of a patient with a mental illness that is refractory to treatment over time, who expresses her intention to commit suicide. It begins with a short discussion differentiating a deliberative consideration of suicide from an impulsive act. Then the commentary defines hope, how it might be used as a the...

What Is Mental Illness?

Mental illness is indeed a myth

This chapter offers a novel defence of Szasz’s claim that mental illness is a myth by bringing to bear a standard type of thought experiment used in philosophical discussions of the meaning of natural kind concepts. This makes it possible to accept Szasz’s conclusion that mental illness involves problems of living, some of which may be moral in nature, while bypassing the debate about the meani...

Parental mental illness is a family matter.

Chronic Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents

As the authors state, this concise pocket book is intended for physicians who are already familiar with the general approach to acute medical problems. The book briefly presents the available information on issues related to acute care in terms of decision-making theory in a ready reference. The breadth of topics discussed is extensive. Issues related to care of the cardiovascular patient, for ...