Depression : causes and treatment / Aaron T. Beck, M.D., and Brad A. Alford, Ph. D.

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"More than forty years ago, Dr. Aaron T. Beck's pioneering Depression: Causes and Treatment presented the first comprehensive account of all aspects of depression and introduced cognitive therapy to health care providers and patients struggling with one of the most common and devastating diseases of...

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Uniform Title:Depression: clinical, experimental, and theoretical aspects
Main Authors: Beck, Aaron T. (Author)
Alford, Brad A. (Author)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
English.
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Depression, Mental.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Depression (Psychologie)
Theorie.
Ätiologie.
Therapie.
Kognitive Störung.
Depressive Disorder.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 405 pages) : illustration
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Part 1: Clinical Aspects Of Depression. The definition of depression ; Symptomataology of depression ; Course and prognosis ; Classifying mood disorders ; Psychotic versus nonpsychotic depression ; Bipolar disorders ; Involutional depression ; Schizoaffective disorder
  • Part 2: Experimental Aspects Of Depression. Biological studies of depression ; Psychological studies: tests of psychoanalytic theory
  • Part 3: Theoretical Aspects of Depression. Theories of depression ; Cognition and psychopathology ; Development of depression
  • Part 4: Treatment of Depression. Somatic therapies ; Psychotherapy ; Evaluating depression treatments: randomized controlled trials
  • Appendix: Scoring instructions for negative dreams.