Depression and Antidepressants A Guide Author:James W. Jefferson, John H. Greist, Dilek Tunali Depression, a mood disorder, is a medical illness that affects at least 5% of the population at any point in time. Drs. Tunali, Jefferson, and Greist give a thorough, up-to-date, easy-to-read description of the illness (including a self-report questionnaire), the medications used to treat it, and other nondrug treatments. They draw upo... more »n their own practices to answer the questions most commonly asked about depression and the treatments.« less