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Product Description: An exploration of the mechanisms and moderators for depression and other disorders in children of depressed parents. Among the most common of mental disorders, depression is a highly heritable and recurrent disorder that may be especially prevalent among women with young children...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Written by renowned experts in the field, Introduction to Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice , by Bruce Compas and Ian Gotlib, provides a comprehensive and engaging overview of clinical psychology. Based on sound empirical research, this text presents a broad range of the theoretical perspectives while integrating special topic areas throughout...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Of all the psychiatric disorders, depression is by far the most common, affecting between 8 and 18 percent of the general population at some point in their lives. Although the heterogeneity of the affective disorders makes it unlikely that a single set of factors can adequately explain the full range of phenomena associated with depression, there has been a swell of research over the past two decades designed to examine cognitive factors in the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of this disorder...read more

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Product Description: Psychological approaches to this disorder have grown tremendously in importance and interest. The authors provide a comprehensive and cohesive viewpoint by integrating available literature on the social and cognitive aspects of depression...read more