Handbook of depression / edited by E. Edward Beckham and William R. Leber. - 2nd ed. - New York ; London : Guilford Press, c1995. - xii, 628 p. : ill. ; 26 cm + pbk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I: Defining the boundaries of depression -- Epidemiology of depression / Charles T. Kaelber, Douglas E. Moul and Mary E. Farmer -- The diagnostic classification of depression / E. Edward Beckham, William R. Leber and Lorraine K. Youll -- The assessment of severity and symptom patterns in depression / Randy Katz, Brian F. Shaw, T. Michael Vallis and Amy S. Kaiser -- Depression and its boundaries with selected axis I disorders / Jack D. Maser, Richard Weise and Harry Gwirtsman -- The relationship of depression to disorders of personality / Theodore Millon and Doreen Kotik-Harper -- Comorbidity of depression and other medical conditions / Denise E. Stevens, Kathleen Ries Merikangas and James R. Merikangas -- Section II: Biological processes and treatments -- Genetic research in bipolar illness / Serge Sevy, Julien Mendlewicz and Karin Mendelbaum -- Biological processes in depression: an updated review and integration / Michael E. Thase and Robert H. Howland -- Pharmacotherapy and somatic therapies / Maurizio Fava and Jerrold F. Rosenbaum -- Medical diagnostic procedures for depression: an update from a decade of promise / Howard M. Kravitz and Alan J. Newman -- Section III: Psychological therapies and combined treatments -- Cognitive theory and therapy / William P. Sacco and Aaron T. Beck -- Behavioral theory and treatment of depression / Peter M. Lewinsohn and Ian H. Gotlib -- Interpersonal psychotherapy / John C. Markowitz and Myrna M. Weissman -- Long-term analytic treatment of depression / Jules R. Bemporad -- Couple and family therapy for depression / Stacey E. Prince and Neil S. Jacobson -- Psychotherapy integration: implications for the treatment of depression / Jeremy D. Safran and Thomas A. Inck -- Comparing and combining short-term psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for depression / Robin B. Jarrett -- Section IV: Specific populations -- Depression in children and adolescents / Patricia L. Speier, Donald L. Sherak, Sharon Hirsch and Dennis P. Cantwell -- Depression in later life: epidemiology, assessment, etiology and treatment / Andrew Futterman, Larry Thompson, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson and Robert Ferris -- Epidemiology assessment and management of suicide in depressed patients / David C. Clark -- Women and depression: a comprehensive analysis / Christiane Brems -- Section V: Psychological and social contexts -- Life context, coping processes and depression / Ruth C. Cronkite and Rudolf H. Moos.

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