Handbook of Depression - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572307250 ISBN 13: 9781572307254

Verlag: Guilford Publications, 2002

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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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1572307250
• ISBN 13: 9781572307254
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 624
• Herausgeber: Gotlib Ian H., Hammen Constance L.
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