Herbal Medicine in Depression

1. Depressive Disorders: Prevalence, Costs, and Theories
Clara Grosso, Patrícia Valentão, Paula B. Andrade

2. Traditional and Novel Possible Targets for Antidepressant Drugs
Eleni Palazidou

3. Cell-Based Systems of Depression: An Overview
Danuta Jantas

4. Animal Models of Depression
Eva González-Trujano, Fabiola Domínguez, Juan Manuel Gallardo, Christian Guerra-Araiza, Julia J. Segura-Uribe, Sandra Orozco-Suárez

5. Prevalence of Use of Herbal Medicines and Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Europe
Lucian Hritcu, Oana Cioanca

6. Medicinal Plants from Countries of Former USSR Used for Treatment of Depression
Nazim Mamedov, Nilufar Mamadalieva

7. Chinese Herbal Medicine Used Against Depression in China
Dandan Feng, Xiangping Lin, Shu Yang, Zhaoyu Yang, Zian Xia, Zhiqing Li, Tao Tang, Rong Fan, Chunhu Zhang, Yang Wang

8. Antidepressant Medicinal Plants and Compounds Used in Traditional Medicines in North America
Fabiola Domínguez, Eva González-Trujano, Juan Manuel Gallardo, Sandra Orozco-Suárez

9. Antidepressant Plant Species from the Portuguese-Speaking African Countries (PALOP)
Generosa Teixeira, Eurico S. Martins, Luís Catarino

10. Oceania: Antidepressant Medicinal Plants
Ian Edwin Cock, Matthew J. Cheesman

11. Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Herbal Antidepressants
Vandita Kakkar, Nancy Modgill, Manoj Kumar

12. Future Strategies for the Treatment of Depression
Clara Grosso

Keywords: Biomedicine, Neurosciences, Medical Biochemistry, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology