Handbook of Depression - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572307250 ISBN 13: 9781572307254

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2002

Synopsis

This comprehensive, state-of-the-art handbook synthesizes the full breadth of contemporary knowledge about depression. Bringing together leading depression researchers and clinical practitioners, the volume offers in-depth coverage of the epidemiology, course, and outcome of depressive disorders; current issues in classification, assessment, and diagnosis; vulnerability and risk factors; models of depression, including psychological and biological perspectives; and effective approaches to prevention and treatment. Described are current approaches to pharmacotherapy; advances in cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, couple, and family treatments; and innovations in understanding and treating child and adolescent depression. Also addressed are culture and gender differences; depression in later life; and assessment and management of suicidality.

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Ian H. Gotlib, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Mood and Anxiety Disorders Laboratory. Dr. Gotlib is very active in clinical research, which has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the Medical Research Council of Canada. In his research, Dr. Gotlib examines information-processing styles of depressed children, adolescents, and adults; patterns of brain activation of depressed patients in response to different emotional stimuli; and the emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and biological functioning of children of depressed mothers. He has published over 150 scientific articles and has written or cowritten several books in the areas of depression and stress. In addition, he has been Associate Editor of Cognition and Emotion, Cognitive Therapy and Research, and the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and has served on the Editorial Boards of the British Journal of Clinical Psychology, the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, and Psychological Assessment. Dr. Gotlib is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the American Psychopathological Association.

Constance L. Hammen, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is also Chair of the clinical psychology area and Director of Clinical Training at UCLA, and is affiliated with the Mood Disorders Clinic at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. Dr. Hammen is a clinical researcher specializing in mood disorders, with an emphasis on stress, family factors, and individual vulnerability factors predicting depression in adults and adolescents, and the course of disorder in adults with bipolar illness. Her research has been supported by the William T. Grant Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health. She has written or cowritten nearly 200 articles, books, and textbooks, and has served as President of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, as Associate Editor of Cognitive Therapy and Research, and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, and the British Journal of Clinical Psychology.

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Ian H. Gotlib, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Mood and Anxiety Disorders Laboratory. His clinical research, which has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Medical Research Council of Canada, examines information-processing styles of depressed children, adolescents, and adults; patterns of brain activation of depressed patients in response to different emotional stimuli; and the effects on children of maternal depression. Dr. Gotlib has published over 150 scientific articles and has written or cowritten several books in the areas of depression and stress.

Constance L. Hammen, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is also Chair of the Clinical Psychology area and Director of Clinical Training at UCLA, and is affiliated with the Mood Disorders Clinic at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. Dr. Hammen's clinical research, which has been supported by the William T. Grant Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health, focuses on factors predicting depression in adults and adolescents, and the course of bipolar disorder in adults. She has written or cowritten nearly 200 articles and books.

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Contents Introduction Ian H. Gotlib and Constance L. Hammen I. Descriptive Aspects of Depression 1. Epidemiology of Depression Ronald C. Kessler 2. Course and Outcome of Depression Robert J. Boland and Martin B. Keller 3. Assessment of Depression Arthur M. Nezu, Christine Maguth Nezu, Kelly S. McClure, and Marni L. Zwick 4. Contemporary Methodological Issues in the Study of Depression: Not Your Father's Oldsmobile Rick E. Ingram and Greg J. Siegle 5. Depression and Personality Daniel N. Klein, C. Emily Durbin, Stewart A. Shankman, and Neil J. Santiago 6. Bipolar and Unipolar Depression: A Comparison of Clinical Phenomenology and Psychosocial Predictors Sheri L. Johnson and Amy Kizer II. Vulnerability, Risk, and Models of Depression 7. Genetics of Depression John Wallace, Tiffany Schneider, and Peter McGuffin 8. Biological Aspects of Depression Michael Thase, Ripu Jindal, and Robert H. Howland 9. The Representation and Regulation of Emotion in Depression: Perspectives from Affective Neuroscience Richard J. Davidson, Diego Pizzagalli, and Jack B. Nitschke 10. Depression and Early Adverse Experiences Sherryl H. Goodman 11. Cognitive Vulnerability-Stress Models of Depression in a Self-Regulatory and Psychobiological Context Lyn Y. Abramson, Lauren B. Alloy, Benjamin L. Hankin, Gerald J. Haeffel, Donal G. MacCoon, and Brandon E. Gibb 12. Depression in Its Interpersonal Context Thomas E. Joiner, Jr. 13. The Social Environment and Depression: Focusing on Severe Life Stress Scott M. Monroe and Katholiki Hadjiyannakis III. Prevention and Treatment of Depression 14. Preventing the Onset of Major Depression Ricardo F. Munoz, Huynh-Nhu Le, Gregory Clarke, and Lisa Jaycox 15. Pharmacological Treatment of Depression Michael J. Gitlin 16. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Depression Steven D. Hollon, Kirsten L. Haman, and Laurel L. Brown 17. Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression Myrna M. Weissman and John C. Markowitz 18. Marital and Family Therapy for Depression in Adults Steven R. H. Beach and Deborah J. Jones 19. Treatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents Nadine J. Kaslow, Erin B. McClure, and Arin M. Connell IV. Depression in Specific Populations 20. Understanding Depression across Cultures Jeanne L. Tsai and Yulia Chentsova-Dutton 21. Gender Differences in Depression Susan Nolen-Hoeksema 22. Depression in Children Judy Garber and Jason L. Horowitz 23. Depression in Adolescents Peter M. Lewinsohn and Cecilia A. Essau 24. Depression in Later Life: Epidemiology, Assessment, Impact, and Treatment David V. Powers, Larry Thompson, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, and Andrew Futterman 25. Epidemiology, Assessment, and Management of Suicide in Depressed Patients Ronald Stolberg, David C. Clark, and Bruce Bongar 26. Closing Comments and Promising Directions for the Next Decade Constance L. Hammen and Ian H. Gotlib Index

Edition details

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572307250
• ISBN 13: 9781572307254
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 624
• Editor: Gotlib Ian H., Hammen Constance L.