Depression.
This is an invited article on how my career as an epidemiologist studying depression unfolded. The role of the Civil Rights movement in opening the PhD doors to women at Yale began my career. The unfolding of depression studies are described. These studies included a clinical trial of medication and what later was known as interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), the first community survey of psychiatric disorder, family genetic and brain imaging studies or depression and anxiety disorders. I hope the new generation will have the wonderful opportunities I have had.
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA. mmw3@columbia.edu
Myrna
M
Weissman
D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs