Depression: Causes and Treatment: Second Edition
Book Details
- Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
- Published : 2009
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 428
- Category :
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapies - Catalogue No : 27995
- ISBN 13 : 9780812219647
- ISBN 10 : 0812219643
Reviews and Endorsements
More than forty years ago, Dr Aaron T. Beck's pioneering "Depression: Causes and Treatment" presented the first comprehensive account of all aspects of depression and introduced cognitive therapy to health care providers and patients struggling with one of the most common and devastating diseases of the modern age. Since that classic text first appeared, the appreciation of the multifaceted nature of mood disorders has grown, and the phenomenological and biological aspects of psychology are increasingly seen as intertwined. Taking these developments into account, Beck and his colleague Brad A. Alford have written a second edition of Depression that will help patients and caregivers understand depression as a cognitive disorder.
About the Authors:
Winner of the Albert Lasker Award in Medical Science (known as "America's Nobel") and the Grawemeyer Award for Psychology, and recognized as the father of cognitive therapy, Aaron T. Beck, M.D., is University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research.
Brad A. Alford, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of Scranton and coauthor with Aaron T. Beck of "The Integrative Power of Cognitive Therapy" and "Scientific Foundations of Cognitive Theory and Therapy of Depression".