Guidelines for the Systematic Treatment of the Depressed Patient

"The current volume reflects an extension of the authors' long-standing clinical and research involvement in systematically selecting the optimal treatment for any given patient. This book reflects their firsthand experience with depressed patients, within both clinical research contexts. In addition to evaluating the research methodology that has been used to study treatment efficacy, the book also contains an invaluable review of what is known both theoretically and empirically about depression and its treatment. In this book, the authors provide us with a creative blending of research and practice. There is much in this volume to which clinicians can relate. The appeal of this book is very clear: If you are a practitioner who wants to be informed by research or a researcher who wants to stay close to clinical reality, this book deserves a very special place on your bookshelf." -- Marvin Goldfried, Psychotherapy Research, 11(2) 2001<br>

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO TREATMENT GUIDELINES; 1. The Context of Contemporary Practice; 2. The Nature of Current Guidelines; PART II: GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT RELEVANT ASSESSMENT; 3. Treatment Relevant Assessment; 4. Issues in Treatment Relevant Assessment; 5. Integrating and Economizing Treatment Relevant Assessment; PART III: GUIDELINES MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT; 6. Reasonable and Basic Treatment Guidelines; 7. Guidelines for Optimal and Enhanced Treatment; PART IV: THE NATURE OF DEPRESSION; 8. The Significance of the Problem of Depression; 9. Concepts from Basic Research on Depression; PART V: CONTEMPORARY TREATMENT MODELS; 10. Treatment Benefit Research Issues; 11. Benefits of Treatment: What Works; 12. Structuring Treatment: From Managed Care to Therapy Manuals; 13. Models of Treatment in Clinical Practice