Complex Depression

The Role of Personality Dynamics and Social Ecology

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

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 amp rsquo 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 amp rsquo s profound personal investigation into his stepfather amp rsquo s suicide, vividly demonstrate the causes and consequences of complex depression.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-12-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:374 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:249
Förlag:American Psychological Association
ISBN:9781433836077

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Mer om författaren

Golan Shahar, PhD, is professor of clinical-health psychology, Zlotovsky chair of neuropsychology, and adjunct professor of public health at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev where he also heads the Stress, Self amp amp Health (STREALTH) research lab. He is also adjunct professor of child study and adult psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. Prof. Shahar amp rsquo s research focuses on the links between stress, depression and suicidality, and psychosomatics. He authored Erosion: The Psychopathology of Self-Criticism. Professor Shahar is also internationally known as a leading clinical theorist and practitioner, advancing an integrative framework for assessment and psychotherapy in complex psychopathological and psychosomatic conditions. Visit his ResearchGate page.

Innehållsförteckning

ForewordThomas JoinerAn Introduction to the Personality and Social Dynamics of Complex DepressionAcknowledgmentsPart I. Depression and PersonalityChapter . The Complications of DepressionChapter 2. The Role of Personality in Complex DepressionPart II. Psychodynamics and EcodynamicsChapter 3. Reformulating Klein amp rsquo s Object Relations Theory and the Depressive PositionChapter 4. Human Ecology and Development Within Social Contexts: The Theory of EcodynamicsPart III. The Ecodynamics of Complex DepressionChapter 5. Applying the Reformulated Depressive Position and Ecodynamics to Complex DepressionChapter . Suicidal Depression: A Case Study of Complex Depression amp rsquo s Most Severe ConsequenceChapter 7. Practical Implications for Assessment: Evaluating Complex Depression Via the Reformulated Depressive Position and EcodynamicsChapter 8. Practical Implications for Psychotherapy: Specific Interventions for Treating Complex DepressionReferencesIndexAbout the Author