| Description |
xiii, 561 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-528) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Types : history, diagnoses, epidemiology, and personality. Introduction : controversies old and new -- Depression : types and distinctions -- Epidemiology, relapse, and long-term outcome -- Personality, personality disorder, and depression -- pt. 2. Concepts : the evolution of mental mechanisms and the needs for power, belonging, and self-value. The evolution of mental mechanisms -- The evolution of social power and its role in depression -- Notes on the evolution of the self -- Patterns of depressive self-organisation : shame, guilt, anxiety, assertiveness, anger, and envy -- pt. 3. Past and current theories. Psychoanalytic theories of depression : the early schools -- Depression as thwarted needs -- Archetypes, biosocial goals, mentalities, and depressive themes -- Aspirations, incentives, and hopelessness -- Cognitive theories of depression -- Behavioural theories of depression -- Life events, interpersonal theories, and the family -- Conclusions : complexities, therapies, and loose ends. |
| Subject |
Depression, Mental -- Etiology.
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Depression, Mental -- Etiology. |
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Depression, Mental -- Social aspects.
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Depression, Mental -- Social aspects. |
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Dominance (Psychology)
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Dominance (Psychology) |
| ISBN |
0898628849 hardcover |
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0898620279 paperback |
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