Biologically Informed Psychotherapy For Depression - Hardcover

"This book transcends the polarities of the psychosocial and biological approaches for the management of depression and presents a rational, proven, integrated therapeutic approach to depressive disorders. Most importantly, it is filled with 'clinical pearls' and astute clinical observations on depression and its management provided by authors with decades of clinical experience in treatment and research. It is a book that will be invaluable for practitioners of every mental health discipline, especially those who do not routinely utilize antidepressant medications. For those who do, it provides a pragmatic psychotherapeutic framework to guide this approach in patient management. The book is a must read' for all clinicians who are engaged in the treatment of depressed patients. I recommend it highly and without reservations. It is a welcome modern addition to the literature on diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders." --Lewis L. Judd, Mary Gilman Marston Professor; Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine "A powerful and practical discussion of some of the most profound and important questions in psychiatry....I savored the insights in this book and have already begun to apply its lessons....I recommend it to the entire psychotherapeutic community, patients and practitioners alike." --Nada L. Stotland, M.D., Chicago, Ill. "This text is clearly written troughout, and is liberally sprinkled with enough useful references to command respect and not so many as to render the tome overly dense ...comprehensive and readable...The book holds together so seamlessly that it would be a disservice to deconstruct it and offer samples of it out of context, although those could certaintly be generated for instructional or discussion purposes. Clearly, the synthesis is based on much practical experience and is moved along by some outstandingly smooth and logical writing. Extra subtle bonuses include the homo-positive ancedotes dealing with same-gender couples that will make gay readers feel right at home, as well as the exquisite and persistent emphasis on primary understanding, by the practitioner, of the idosyncratic meaning of the disease to the client/patient, which may serve to enlighten more dogmatic or patriarchal readers and encourage a more emphatic stance. " --Laura L. Post, MD, Gladman Day Treatment Center, Oakland, CA, Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

This volume presents an integrated approach to the psychotherapy of patients with depressive disorders that incorporates state-of-the-art biological knowledge. The authors synthesize elements of psychoeducational, cognitive, and behavioral therapies, psychodynamic understanding, coping skills training, family therapy, and psychopharmacology into a cohesive treatment designed to prepare nonprescribing therapists of all disciplines to help people suffering from depressive illnesses live more effectively.