Compares and contrasts alternative models of and treatment approaches to clinical depression. This book analyzes a case and provides: an overview of the treatment model; empirical evidence for both the model and treatment derived from it; and, treatment strategies and interventions, including termination issues and relapse prevention.

Contributors Foreword, William T. McKinney Acknowledgments Alternative Treatments of Depression: Points of Convergence and Divergence, Mark A. Reinecke Treatment for Depression: What the Research Says, Michael J. Lambert and Matthew J. Davis Cultural Considerations for Understanding, Assessing, and Treating Depressive Experience and Disorder, Anthony J. Marsella and Aaron Kaplan The Case of Nancy, Mark A. Reinecke, Michael R. Davison, and Bertram Cohler Individual Psychology of Depresion, Mark H. Stone An Object Relations View of Depression, Frank Summers A Self Psychology Approach for Depression, Robert M. Galatzer-Levy Supportive-Expressive Psychodynamic Therapy for Depression, Paul Crits-Christoph, David Mark, and Mary Beth Connolly Gibbons Behavioral Therapy of Depression, E. Thomas Dowd Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy for Depression: Achieving Unconditional Self-Acceptance, Raymond DiGuiseppe, Kristene A. Doyle, and Raphael D. Rose Cognitive Therapies of Depression: A Modularized Treatment Approach, Mark A. Reinecke Schema-Focused Therapy for Depression, Jeffrey E. Young and Daniel E. Mattila Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Scott Stuart and Michael W. OHara Couple and Family Therapy, Norman Epstein Integrative Conceptualization and Treatment of Depression, John C. Norcross, Larry E. Beutler, and Roslyn Caldwell Psychopharmacology of Major Depression, Ilpo T. Kaariainen Comparative Treatments of Depression: Entering the Zen Garden, Mark A. Reinecke and Michael R. Davison Appendix Index

"At last, a comprehensive view of all the psychological approaches to depression...especially valuable to clinicians and students trying to wind their ways through the maze of different therapies."--Aaron T. Beck, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania