Oxford Handbook of Mood Disorders

The most comprehensive volume of its kind, The Oxford Handbook of Mood Disorders provides detailed coverage of the characterization, understanding, and treatment of mood disorders. Chapters are written by the world's leading experts in their respective areas. The Handbook provides coverage of unipolar depression, bipolar disorder, and variants of these disorders. Current approaches to classifying the mood disorders are reviewed and contemporary controversiesare placed in historical context. Chapter authors offer a variety of approaches to understanding the heterogeneity of the experiences of those who meet criteria for mood disorders, both within and across cultures. The role of genetic and environmental risk factors as well as premorbid personality andcognitive processes in the development of mood pathology are detailed. Interpersonal, neurobiological, and psychological factors also receive detailed consideration. The volume reviews mood disorders in special populations (e.g., postpartum and seasonal mood disorders) as well as common comorbidities (e.g., anxiety, substance use disorders). Somatic and psychosocial treatment approaches receive in-depth coverage with chapters that describe and review empirical evidence regarding each of themost influential treatment approaches. The depth and breadth offered by this Handbook make it an invaluable resource for clinicians and researchers, as well as scholars and students.

Robert J. DeRubeis, PhD, is the Samuel H. Preston Term Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education, at University of Pennsylvania. His research and writings focus on the processes that cause and maintain mood disorders as well as the treatment processes that reduce and prevent the return of mood symptoms.Daniel R. Strunk, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on the processes that facilitate therapeutic gains in psychotherapeutic treatment of depression, and methods for promoting enduring treatment effects.