What is depression and what are its psychological mechanisms of functioning? What are the symptoms of mood disorders? How do they affect people's lives?

In this guide you will find simple, clear and comprehensive explanations of the basics of psychology to help you understand how depression, other mood disorders and related pathologies work. The book takes the reader by the hand and accompanies him/her through gradual discovery steps, which highlight the key points of the subject. 

In the course of reading you will learn:

- what mood is;
- what the main mood disorders are;
- what depression, dysthymia and bipolar disorder are and how they work;
- the main methods of intervention to deal with the discomfort.

Psychology for all! Understanding the scientific basis of psychology has never been so simple, thanks to a line of practical and immediate reference manuals that can provide the reader with exactly the information he or she is looking for.