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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Foreword -- Thomas Joiner -- An Introduction to the Personality and Social Dynamics of Complex Depression -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Depression and Personality -- Chapter 1. The Complications of Depression -- Chapter 2. The Role of Personality in Complex Depression -- Part II. Psychodynamics and Ecodynamics -- Chapter 3. Reformulating Klein's Object Relations Theory and the Depressive Position -- Chapter 4. Human Ecology and Development Within Social Contexts: The Theory of Ecodynamics -- Part III. The Ecodynamics of Complex Depression -- Chapter 5. Applying the Reformulated Depressive Position and Ecodynamics to Complex Depression -- Chapter 6. Suicidal Depression: A Case Study of Complex Depression's Most Severe Consequence -- Chapter 7. Practical Implications for Assessment: Evaluating Complex Depression Via the Reformulated Depressive Position and Ecodynamics -- Chapter 8. Practical Implications for Psychotherapy: Specific Interventions for Treating Complex Depression -- References -- Index -- About the Author. |
| Summary |
"This book argues that depression's most complex and severe manifestations arise from the dynamic relationship between personality and social factors"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"In this empirical yet deeply humanistic work, Golan Shahar investigates the dynamic relationship between personality and social factors in complex depression, identifying avenues for research and offering hope for sufferers and treatment providers. Shahar synthesizes research and clinical wisdom to enhance our understanding of complex depression, a mental illness defined by its chronicity, heterogeneity, and serious consequences including suicide. He focuses on Melanie Klein's object relations theory and depressive position, reconceptualizing both from a transtheoretical perspective, with an emphasis on four key factors: demeaning affect; affect regulation; maladaptive schemas and scripts; and a time axis consisting of past, current, and projected future experiences. Shahar also explores how individuals externalize self-critical feelings, in turn creating a malignant social environment and a vicious cycle of self-recrimination. To explain this toxic relationship, Shahar presents ecodynamics, a novel theory examining relationship patterns between the self and their social contexts. The book offers tools and procedures for assessing complex depression and guidelines for integrative psychotherapy. Case examples, including the author's profound personal investigation into his stepfather's suicide, vividly demonstrate the causes and consequences of complex depression"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
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Personality.
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Depression, Mental.
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Social ecology.
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human ecology. (CStmoGRI)aat300180724
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PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Depression.
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PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology.
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Depression, Mental. (OCoLC)fst00890931
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Personality. (OCoLC)fst01058667
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Social ecology. (OCoLC)fst01122434
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shahar, Golan. Complex depression Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2023] 9781433836077 (DLC) 2023018353 |
| ISBN |
9781433836084 (ebook) |
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1433836084 |
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9781433836077 (paperback) |
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