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Informationen zum Autor Winner of the Albert Lasker Award in Medical Science (known as "America's Nobel") and the Grawemeyer Award for Psychology, and recognized as the father of cognitive therapy, Aaron T. Beck, M.D., is University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research. Brad A. Alford, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of Scranton and coauthor with Aaron T. Beck of The Integrative Power of Cognitive Therapy and Scientific Foundations of Cognitive Theory and Therapy of Depression. Klappentext The second edition of "Depression: Causes and Treatment" provides a contemporary review of the diagnosis, causes, and treatments of depression. Both biological and psychological treatment approaches are described. Zusammenfassung The second edition of Depression: Causes and Treatment provides a contemporary review of the diagnosis! causes! and treatments of depression. Both biological and psychological treatment approaches are described. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition PART I. CLINICAL ASPECTS OF DEPRESSION Chapter 1. The Definition of Depression Chapter 2. Symptomatology of Depression Chapter 3. Course and Prognosis Chapter 4. Classifying Mood Disorders Chapter 5. Psychotic vs. Nonpsychotic Depression Chapter 6. Bipolar Disorders Chapter 7. Involutional Depression Chapter 8. Schizoaffective Disorder PART II. EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS OF DEPRESSION Chapter 9. Biological Studies of Depression Chapter 10. Psychological Studies: Tests of Psychoanalysis PART III THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF DEPRESSION Chapter 11. Theories of Depression Chapter 12. Cognition and Psychopathology Chapter 13. Development of Depression PART IV TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION Chapter 14. Somatic Therapy Chapter 15. Psychotherapy Chapter 16. Evaluating Depression Treatments ...