Depressive disorders : facts, theories, and treatment methods

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Depressive disorders : facts, theories, and treatment methods

Benjamin B. Wolman, editor ; George Stricker, co-editor

(Wiley series on personality processes)

Wiley, c1990

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Description

Depressive Disorders provides an invaluable synthesis of the extensive factual and theoretical material concerning this subject, easily the most widespread of mental problems. With contributions by twenty-seven highly regarded experts, the text is not limited to one theory or school of research, but offers an up-to-date and encyclopaedic view of the entire body of empirical data, concepts, and treatment methods. With its broad scope and sophisticated coverage, it is an indispensable tool for practitioners, theoreticians, and professors.

Table of Contents

  • THEORIES OF DEPRESSION: Biological Theories of Depression
  • Psychoanalytic Views on Depression
  • Existential Approaches to Depression
  • Cognitive and Behavioral Theories
  • Depression: The Psychosocial Theory
  • Genetics of Affective Disorders
  • SYMPTOMATOLOGY: Depressive States and Somatic Symptoms
  • Mood Disorders and Self-Defeating Behaviors
  • Symptoms, Prevention and Treatment of Attempted Suicide
  • Levels of Depression
  • DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT METHODS: Interviewing Methods
  • Projective Assessment of Affective Disorders
  • Inventories and Scales
  • Somatic Therapies of Depression
  • Psychoanalytic Therapy of Depression
  • Behavioral Treatments for Unipolar Depression
  • Cognitive Therapy of Affective Disorders
  • Interactional Psychotherapy
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression
  • Marital and Family Therapy for Depression.

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