Prevention of Depression

Ricardo F. Muñoz, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Palo Alto University. His B.A. is from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. Muñoz has served on three U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committees on prevention of mental disorders. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and was inducted as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science “for distinguished contributions towards the prevention of major depression and the development of Internet interventions to improve mental health worldwide.”Yu-Wen Ying is professor emerita at the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley. She received her B.A. in psychology and German literature from Barnard College, Columbia University, and her doctorate in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on Asian American mental health, and examines the psychological challenges of immigrants and refugees, acculturation, and culturally-competent prevention and treatment. She developed a community-based intervention, Strengthening Intergenerational/Intercultural Ties in Immigrant Familes (SITIF) that aims to ameliorate intergenerational/intercultural conflict. SITIF has been translated into Chinese, Spanish, and Korean. Dr. Ying also considers the relationship between spirituality and social work.

• Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: Key Concepts in the Prevention of Depression 1. The Prevention of Mental Disorders 2. Depression: A Key Target for Prevention 3. Research on Preventive Interventions Part II: Steps in Research on Preventive Interventions 4. Identifying the Target: What Do You Intend to Prevent? 5. Choosing a Theory to Guide to Intervention: What Mechanisms Are Involved? 6. Identifying High-Risk Groups: For Whom Is the Intervention Appropriate? 7. Designing the Intervention: How Do You Propose to Prevent the Target Condition? 8. Designing the Study: How Will You Measure the Effects of the Intervention? Part III: The San Francisco Depression Prevention Research Project 9. Overview of the Depression Prevention Research Project 10. Methods 11. Characteristics of the Samples at Initial Screenings 12. The Effects of Preventive Intervention on Depression 13. The Effects of Preventive Intervention on Psychological Well-being 14. The Effects of Preventive Intervention on the Use of Medical Services Jeanne Miranda and Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable 15. The Mediating Effects of Change in Cognitions and Behaviors on Depression and Psychological Well-being 16. The Mediating Effects of Change in Life Events on Depression and Psychological Well-being 17. Measurement Issues 18. Implementation Issues Part IV: The Implications of Research on Preventive Interventions 19. Screening and Outreach 20. The Prevention of Depression in Primary Health Care Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable and Jeanne Miranda 21. Ethical Issues 22. Measuring Cost 23. Future Steps toward the Prevention of Depression Part V: Personal Reflections on the Preventive Intervention Enterprise 24. Philosophical Issues 25. Recommendations. Appendix A: Excerpts from the Depression Prevention Course. Appendix B: Measures Used in the Depression Prevention Research Project. References. Index.