Enabling Discovery, Development, and Translation of Treatments for Cognitive Dysfunction in Depression: Workshop Summary

by Board on Health Sciences Policy, Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, et al.

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is recognized worldwide as a major cause of disability, morbidity, and mortality. According to the World Health Organization, unipolar depressive disorders affect more than 150 million people around the world and represent the leading cause of years lost due to disability among both men and women. In the United States alone, nearly 8 percent of persons over the age of 12 report current depression. MDD has long been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030937393X
• ISBN13: 9780309373937
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.8"