Handbook of Depression, First Edition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572307250 ISBN 13: 9781572307254

Publisher: 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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Review:

"It is a remarkable achievement to provide such an in-depth synthesis of current knowledge about depression in such a truly reader-friendly and usable form. This handbook provides a readable and concise overview of many of the key domains of investigation into this devastating condition. The authors cover topics including epidemiology, genetics, psychology, psychotherapy, and pharmacotherapy in children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. Providing coverage that is balanced and evidence-based, this is a highly valuable sourcebook for practitioners and researchers and a truly informative text for graduate students, interns, and residents."--A. John Rush, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas "Few topics in psychopathology and intervention demonstrate the importance of linking science and application better than depression. Clinical observations and insights have given rise to theory-driven experimental study of the cognitive and affective bases of the mood disorders and their amelioration. In turn, basic psychological and neuroscientific research in cognition and emotion feed back into a more sophisticated and powerful understanding of these disorders and how best to prevent and treat them. In this skillfully edited volume, some of the most highly respected researchers in the field provide the reader with a comprehensive review and critical analysis of basic and applied research and theory in depression. An important and welcome contribution."--Gerald C. Davison, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California "A most impressive volume, representing the very best of what we have learned about depression over the past decades. Contributing authors--a veritable 'who's who' of world experts on the psychology of depression--provide comprehensive coverage of definitional and descriptive factors, guiding models, vulnerability and risk factors, assessment and treatment, and developmental and diversity issues. The Handbook is appropriate as a text in graduate-level courses, and as a reference and resource for all who work with this significant disorder. Gotlib and Hammen are to be commended for this important and timely work."--Philip C. Kendall, PhD, ABPP, Department of Psychology, Temple University .,."a spectacular and insightful collection....well written and conscientiously organized....this text provides the practitioner, the researcher, and others who need to know about the disorder an extensive, in-depth collection depicting the condition of depression providing intervention options with the ultimate goal of prevention....this book is recommended reading for anyone in the mental health arena."--"Social Work in Mental Health" ""Handbook of Depression" provides a synthesis of current knowledge about depressive disorders and is a concise overview of recent investigations in this field. It is a valuable sourcebook not only for practitioners and researchers but also for graduate students, interns, and residents. Many highly respected researchers in the area of depression provide the reader with a comprehensive review of the current knowledge of depression."--"Psychiatric Services" "The "Handbook of Depression" is the editors' attempt to produce 'a single source to which scientists and other interested readers can turn to learn about recent important developments in different areas of depression research' (p.2). Such a large task surely requires a handbook, and this effort succeeds. The editors have compiled the efforts of 65 authors into 26 chapters, which address almost all aspects of the topic of depression. Chapters are logically grouped into four major sections (Descriptive aspects of depression; Vulnerability, risk, and models of depression; Prevention and treatment of depression; and Depression in specific populations). The editors have done an excellent job of gathering together experts for each topic of the book, and these contributors have uniformly providedcurrent, thorough and thoughtful reviews of the various domains of the book....The scholarship is at a high level....Another strength is the emphasis that this book places on vulnerability and risk models of depression. The seven chapters in this book devoted to this theme do not simply restate the typical risk factors for depression (e.g. genetics, biochemistry, life events, psychosocial factors), but they offer more integrative efforts at bringing these literatures together through the focus on risk, as opposed to models of depression....a thorough and current text that provides an excellent coverage of the field of depression. The book is written at an advanced level, and will be of most interest to advanced students, or researchers in the field....this book is highly recommended to the field."--"Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy" "Drs. Gotlib and Hammen have assembled an impressive group of contributors to provide a well-written, concise and thorough review of current knowledge in the area of depression....This book is well-written, presents the state of the field in a succinct manner, and identifies important areas for future research. This text is appropriate for mental health professionals working with depressed patients, graduate students in psychology and psychiatric residents. The authors chosen to write the chapters are leaders in their respective specialty, and they provide expert reviews of both existing research and promising new directions for the field. This book is organized in a coherent, thoughtful manner and is likely to become an important reference for any professional who works with depressed people."--"Psychological Medicine" "Reviewer Rating: Excellent....I strongly recommend this great book to all psychiatrists in both the clinical and research fields....I strongly recommend this book for every one who is looking for more than a textbook and for the most recent information on depression. More important, this well-oriented handbook not only gives readers recent information on depression studies but also offers direction now and for the future."--"The Candian Journal of Psychiatry" "I liked its empirical approach to almost all of the topics covered. Great emphasis is put on research methodology, and I think it is this approach--a look into the future via research--that makes the book refreshing....this handbook is well written, with a plethora of information that makes you question your beliefs about depression."--"Journal of Clinical Psychiatry" .,."offers thorough, current, evidence-based coverage of research in depression. The handbook provides an excellent resource and reference for recent research in depression....Overall, this book is a good resource for students and others working with depression. Recommended for academic and health sciences libraries."--"E-Streams" ., ."a spectacular and insightful collection....well written and conscientiously organized....this text provides the practitioner, the researcher, and others who need to know about the disorder an extensive, in-depth collection depicting the condition of depression providing intervention options with the ultimate goal of prevention....this book is recommended reading for anyone in the mental health arena."--"Social Work in Mental Health" ""Handbook of Depression" provides a synthesis of current knowledge about depressive disorders and is a concise overview of recent investigations in this field. It is a valuable sourcebook not only for practitioners and researchers but also for graduate students, interns, and residents. Many highly respected researchers in the area of depression provide the reader with a comprehensive review of the current knowledge of depression."--"Psychiatric Services" "The "Handbook of Depression" is the editors' attempt to produce 'a single source to which scientists and other interested readers can turn to learn about recent important developments in different areas of depression research' (p.2). Such a large task surely requires a handbook, and this effort succeeds. The editors have compiled the efforts of 65 authors into 26 chapters, which address almost all aspects of the topic of depression. Chapters are logically grouped into four major sections (Descriptive aspects of depression; Vulnerability, risk, and models of depression; Prevention and treatment of depression; and Depression in specific populations). The editors have done an excellent jobof gathering together experts for each topic of the book, and these contributors have uniformly provided current, thorough and thoughtful reviews of the various domains of the book....The scholarship is at a high level....Another strength is the emphasis that this book places on vulnerability and risk models of depression. The seven chapters in this book devoted to this theme do not simply restate the typical risk factors for depression (e.g. genetics, biochemistry, life events, psychosocial factors), but they offer more integrative efforts at bringing these literatures together through the focus on risk, as opposed to models of depression....a thorough and current text that provides an excellent coverage of the field of depression. The book is written at an advanced level, and will be of most interest to advanced students, or researchers in the field....this book is highly recommended to the field."--"Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy" "Drs. Gotlib and Hammen have assembled an impressive group of contributors to provide a well-written, concise and thorough review of current knowledge in the area of depression....This book is well-written, presents the state of the field in a succinct manner, and identities important areas for future research. This text is appropriate for mental health professionals working with depressed patients, graduate students in psychology and psychiatric residents. The authors chosen to write the chapters are leaders in their respective specialty, and they provide expert reviews of both existing research and promising new directions for the field. This book is organized in a coherent, thoughtful manner and is likely to becomean important reference for any professional who works with depressed people."--"Psychological Medicine" "Reviewer Rating: Excellent....I strongly recommend this great book to all psychiatrists in both the clinical and research fields....I strongly recommend this book for every one who is looking for more than a textbook and for the most recent information on depression. More important, this well-oriented handbook not only gives readers recent information on depression studies but also offers direction now and for the future."--"The Candian Journal of Psychiatry" "I liked its empirical approach to almost all of the topics covered. Great emphasis is put on research methodology, and I think it is this approach--a look into the future via research--that makes the book refreshing....this handbook is well written, with a plethora of information that makes you question your beliefs about depression."--"Journal of Clinical Psychiatry" ., ."offers thorough, current, evidence-based coverage of research in depression. The handbook provides an excellent resource and reference for recent research in depression....Overall, this book is a good resource for students and others working with depression. Recommended for academic and health sciences libraries."--"E-Streams" ..."a spectacular and insightful collection....well written and conscientiously organized....this text provides the practitioner, the researcher, and others who need to know about the disorder an extensive, in-depth collection depicting the condition of depression providing intervention options with the ultimate goal of prevention....this book is recommended reading for anyone in the mental health arena."--"Social Work in Mental Health" ""Handbook of Depression" provides a synthesis of current knowledge about depressive disorders and is a concise overview of recent investigations in this field. It is a valuable sourcebook not only for practitioners and researchers but also for graduate students, interns, and residents. Many highly respected researchers in the area of depression provide the reader with a comprehensive review of the current knowledge of depression."--"Psychiatric Services" "The "Handbook of Depression" is the editors' attempt to produce 'a single source to which scientists and other interested readers can turn to learn about recent important developments in different areas of depression research' (p.2). Such a large task surely requires a handbook, and this effort succeeds. The editors have compiled the efforts of 65 authors into 26 chapters, which address almost all aspects of the topic of depression. Chapters are logically grouped into four major sections (Descriptive aspects of depression; Vulnerability, risk, and models of depression; Prevention and treatment of depression; and Depression in specific populations). The editors have done an excellent job of gathering together experts for each topic of the book, and these contributors have uniformly providedcurrent, thorough and thoughtful reviews of the various domains of the book....The scholarship is at a high level....Another strength is the emphasis that this book places on vulnerability and risk models of depression. The seven chapters in this book devoted to this theme do not simply restate the typical risk factors for depression (e.g. genetics, biochemistry, life events, psychosocial factors), but they offer more integrative efforts at bringing these literatures together through the focus on risk, as opposed to models of depression....a thorough and current text that provides an excellent coverage of the field of depression. The book is written at an advanced level, and will be of most interest to advanced students, or researchers in the field....this book is highly recommended to the field."--"Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy" "Drs. Gotlib and Hammen have assembled an impressive group of contributors to provide a well-written, concise and thorough review of current knowledge in the area of depression....This book is well-written, presents the state of the field in a succinct manner, and identities important areas for future research. This text is appropriate for mental health professionals working with depressed patients, graduate students in psychology and psychiatric residents. The authors chosen to write the chapters are leaders in their respective specialty, and they provide expert reviews of both existing research and promising new directions for the field. This book is organized in a coherent, thoughtful manner and is likely to become an important reference for any professional who works with depressed people."--"Psychological Medicine" "Reviewer Rating: Excellent....I strongly recommend this great book to all psychiatrists in both the clinical and research fields....I strongly recommend this book for every one who is looking for more than a textbook and for the most recent information on depression. More important, this well-oriented handbook not only gives readers recent information on depression studies but also offers direction now and for the future."--"The Candian Journal of Psychiatry" "I liked its empirical approach to almost all of the topics covered. Great emphasis is put on research methodology, and I think it is this approach--a look into the future via research--that makes the book refreshing....this handbook is well written, with a plethora of information that makes you question your beliefs about depression."--"Journal of Clinical Psychiatry" ..."offers thorough, current, evidence-based coverage of research in depression. The handbook provides an excellent resource and reference for recent research in depression....Overall, this book is a good resource for students and others working with depression. Recommended for academic and health sciences libraries."--"E-Streams"

About the Author:

long versions: 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. shortened for jacket: 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1572307250
• ISBN 13: 9781572307254
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 626
• Editor: Gotlib Ian H., Hammen Constance L.