Depression: The Evolution of Powerlessness
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ISBN: 0898628849 / Publisher: The Guilford Press, April 1992
Reviewing research findings from ethology, conditioning, and helplessness paradigms, shows how evolutionary theory provides explanatory models to illuminate the interplay of cognition, behavior, and biology in depression. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Bringing the reader up to date on current research and theory, this volume presents an ambitious overview of the various psychological approaches to understanding and treating depression. Part I explores the major distinctions among all types of depression, including discussion of seasonal affective disorder, postnatal depression, and depression in children. A chapter on epidemiology covers issues of prevalence, relapse, long-term outcome, and chronic depression. In addition, the relationship between depression and the personality disorders is examined in detail.
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