The Oxford Handbook of Depression and Comorbidity (Oxford Library of Psychology)

Depression is frequently associated with other psychiatric disorders and is often related to chronic health problems. Depressive symptoms are also common in chronically distressed close relationships and severe interpersonal difficulties in families and at work. The topic of depressive comorbidity is clearly very important, and while recent research in this area has been methodologically sophisticated, well presented, and inherently interesting, there has not been a comprehensive, academic resource that covers recent developments in this area. The Oxford Handbook of Depression and Comorbidity brings together scholarly contributions from world-class researchers to present a careful and empirically based review of depressive comorbidity. Cutting-edge chapters address theory, research, and practice, while capturing the diversity, evidence-base, and importance of depressive comorbidity. Specific topics include the comorbidity between depression and PTSD, alcohol use, and eating, anxiety, panic, bipolar, personality, and sleep disorders, as well as schizophrenia, suicide, cardiovascular disease, cancer, pain, obesity, intimate relationships, and many more. The Oxford Handbook of Depression and Comorbidity is a unique and much-needed resource that will be helpful to a broad range of researchers and practitioners including clinical and counseling psychologists, psychiatrists, marital and family therapists, social workers, and counselors working in mental-health and general health-care settings, as well as students in these areas. Cover The Oxford Handbook of Depression and Comorbidity Series Copyright Short Contents Oxford Library of Psychology About the Editors Acknowledgments Contributors Contents 1 Introduction 2 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) 3 From Comorbidity to Constructs: Recurring and Emergent Issues in Modeling Comorbidity 4 Examining the Comorbidity Between Depression and the Anxiety Disorders From the Perspective of the Quadripartite Model 5 Depressive Disorders, Comorbidity Issues, and Assessment Strategies 6 Depression and Comorbidity with Panic Disorder 7 Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Comorbidity 8 Comorbidity of Social Anxiety Disorder and Depression 9 Important Issues in Understanding Comorbidity Between Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder 10 Depression and Alcohol Use 11 Eating Disorders 12 Comorbidity of Depression and Conduct Disorder 13 Depression and Comorbidity: Personality Disorder 14 Sexual Dysfunction 15 Schizophrenia 16 Suicide 17 Comorbidity of Bipolar Disorder and Depression 18 Depression and Cardiovascular Diseases 19 Cancer and Depression 20 Pain 21 Obesity 22 Sleep Disorders and Depression 23 Multiple Sclerosis 24 HIV/AIDS and Depression 25 Depression in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Context for Comorbidity 26 Depression in Dementia Syndromes 27 Women’s Health: Comorbidity of Depression and Type 2 Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, and Rheumatoid Arthritis 28 Intimate Relationships 29 Family Relationships, Emotional Processes, and Adolescent Depression 30 Perinatal Depression 31 Multidisciplinary Treatments and Medications for Depressive Disorders and Comorbidity 32 The Role of Community- and Home-Based Interventions in Late-Life Depression 33 Treatment of Depressive Disorders and Comorbidity in Ethnic Minority Groups 34 Psychosocial Interventions for Depressed Breast Cancer Patients 35 Cognitive Therapy for Comorbid Depression 36 The Big Picture 37 Epilogue Index