Depression : causes and treatments / Aaron T. Beck and Brad A. Alford.

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009], ©2009.

xxi, 405 pages ; 23 cm

2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-388) and indexes.

The definition of depression -- Symptomatology of depression -- Course and prognosis -- Classifying mood disorders -- Psychotic versus nonpsychotic depression -- Bipolar disorders -- Involutional depression -- Schizoaffective disorder -- Biological studies of depression -- Psychological studies : tests of psychoanalytic theory -- Theories of depression -- Cognition and psychopathology -- Development of depression -- Somatic therapies -- Psychotherapy -- Evaluating depression treatments : randomized controlled trials.