MARTIN KANTOR is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and Bay Head, New Jersey, and Staff Psychiatrist in the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in East Orange. He is the author of Determining Mental Status: The Physical Examination of Psychiatry (1988), Problems and Solutions: A Guide to Psychotherapy for the Beginning Psychotherapist (Praeger, 1990), and Diagnosis and Treatment of the Personality Disorder (in press).

• Preface Diagnosis Precision of Diagnosis Depressive Behaviors Normal Depression Physical Manifestations of Depression The Association between Depression and Other Symptoms/Syndromes Positive Aspects of Depression Hypomania Cause Introduction to Primarily Internal (Self-Created) Depressogenesis Internal Events Primarily External Depressogenesis: Depressogenic Situations Primarily External Depressogenesis: Depressogenic People Classified According to Behavior Prevention Prevention of Depression Treatment Introductory Remarks/Handling Internal Depressogenesis Handling External Depressogenesis: Depressogenic Situations Treatment of Specific Symptoms Specific Treatment Techniques: General Considerations Specific Treatment Techniques: Specific Modalities Dealing with Others in the Patient's Life Pharmacotherapy and Shock Therapy Dark Sides/Complications and Errors of Therapy Selected Bibliography Index

MARTIN KANTOR is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and Bay Head, New Jersey, and Staff Psychiatrist in the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in East Orange. He is the author of Determining Mental Status: The Physical Examination of Psychiatry (1988), Problems and Solutions: A Guide to Psychotherapy for the Beginning Psychotherapist (Praeger, 1990), and Diagnosis and Treatment of the Personality Disorder (in press).

• Preface Diagnosis Precision of Diagnosis Depressive Behaviors Normal Depression Physical Manifestations of Depression The Association between Depression and Other Symptoms/Syndromes Positive Aspects of Depression Hypomania Cause Introduction to Primarily Internal (Self-Created) Depressogenesis Internal Events Primarily External Depressogenesis: Depressogenic Situations Primarily External Depressogenesis: Depressogenic People Classified According to Behavior Prevention Prevention of Depression Treatment Introductory Remarks/Handling Internal Depressogenesis Handling External Depressogenesis: Depressogenic Situations Treatment of Specific Symptoms Specific Treatment Techniques: General Considerations Specific Treatment Techniques: Specific Modalities Dealing with Others in the Patient's Life Pharmacotherapy and Shock Therapy Dark Sides/Complications and Errors of Therapy Selected Bibliography Index

MARTIN KANTOR is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and Bay Head, New Jersey, and Staff Psychiatrist in the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in East Orange. He is the author of Determining Mental Status: The Physical Examination of Psychiatry (1988), Problems and Solutions: A Guide to Psychotherapy for the Beginning Psychotherapist (Praeger, 1990), and Diagnosis and Treatment of the Personality Disorder (in press).

• Preface Diagnosis Precision of Diagnosis Depressive Behaviors Normal Depression Physical Manifestations of Depression The Association between Depression and Other Symptoms/Syndromes Positive Aspects of Depression Hypomania Cause Introduction to Primarily Internal (Self-Created) Depressogenesis Internal Events Primarily External Depressogenesis: Depressogenic Situations Primarily External Depressogenesis: Depressogenic People Classified According to Behavior Prevention Prevention of Depression Treatment Introductory Remarks/Handling Internal Depressogenesis Handling External Depressogenesis: Depressogenic Situations Treatment of Specific Symptoms Specific Treatment Techniques: General Considerations Specific Treatment Techniques: Specific Modalities Dealing with Others in the Patient's Life Pharmacotherapy and Shock Therapy Dark Sides/Complications and Errors of Therapy Selected Bibliography Index