title: Depression: psychosocial basis.
abstract: Normal emotions like sadness need to be differentiated from depressive illnesses. A number of psychological and social theories have been proposed to explain depression in the psychosocial context in which it occurs. A multifactorial bio-psychosocial approach to causation of depression provides a holistic understanding of the patient and also helps to plan appropriate pharmacological and psychosocial therapies to treat the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore.
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Venugopal
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors