Download Author: Bemporad, Jules R., M.D.

16 eBooks available.

Critical Review of the Major Concepts of Depression

  • Introduction
  • The Delineation of a Syndrome
  • The Search for Causes
  • The Impact of the Structural Theory
  • Depression and Ego Psychology
  • The Contributions of Melanie Klein
  • The Interpersonal and Cultural Schools
  • Beck’s Cognitive Theory
  • Seligman’s Learned Helplessness Model
  • Physiological Approaches
  • Summary

(122 pp.)

The Manifest Symptomatology of Depression in Children and Adolescents

There is controversy whether true depression can exists prior to late childhood. The reaction of infants to separation may be better conceived of as a grief reaction. The question is how the developmental process allows or limits the experience or expression of varying pathological moods and affects.

  • Depression like States of Infancy
  • Depression During Early Childhood
  • Depression in Middle and Late Childhood
  • Attempts at Classification of Childhood Depression
  • Depression in Adolescence
  • Juvenile Manic-Depressive Disorders
  • Conclusion

Severe and Mild Depression

This is an original view of the causes and treatment of depression. While not denying the contribution of constitutional and biochemical factors, the authors focus on the psychodynamics and psychotherapy of this widespread disorder. The book is devoted to psychotherapy of all states and includes separate chapters on therapy for postpartum depression, and involuntary melancholia. (1049 pgs)