Depression

Winner of the Grawemeyer Award for Psychology, and known as the "father of cognitive therapy," Aaron T. Beck is University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research.

Preface PART I. CLINICAL ASPECTS OF DEPRESSION Chapter. 1 The Definition of Depression Chapter 2. Symptomatology of Depression Chapter 3. Course and Prognosis Chapter 4. Classification of the Affective Disorders Chapter 5. Neurotic and Psychotic Depressive Reactions Chapter 6. Manic-Depressive Reaction Chapter 7. Involutional Psychotic Reaction Chapter 8. Schizo-Affective Reaction PART II. EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS OF DEPRESSION Chapter 9. Biological Studies of Depression Chapter 10. Psychological and Psychodynamic Studies PART III. A SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION OF DEPRESSION Chapter 11. Resume of the Research Chapter 12. Measurement of Depression: the Depression Inventory Chapter 13. Patterns in Dreams of Depressed Patients Chapter 14. Childhood Bereavement and Adult Depression Chapter 15. Cognitive Distortions in Depression PART IV. THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF DEPRESSION Chapter 16. Theories of Depression Chapter 17. Cognition and Psychopathology Chapter 18. Development of Depression PART V. TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION Chapter 19. Pharmacotherapy Chapter 20. Electroconvulsive Therapy Chapter 21. Psychotherapy APPENDIX Depression Inventory Instructions for Administration of Depression Inventory Scoring Instructions for "Masochistic Dreams" BIBLIOGRAPHY INDICES