Depression and Personality

Depression and Personality: Conceptual and Clinical Challenges offers an intriguing new look at where we are in understanding the relationship between personality dimensions, disorders, and mood disorder. It is both a cogent update of conceptual models and a clearly written, practical guide to the challenges faced every day by clinicians as they treat patients with depression and bipolar disorder.

CONTRIBUTORSPREFACEINTRODUCTIONPART I: CONCEPTUAL ISSUESChapter 1. PERSONALITY AND TEMPERAMENT: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVESChapter 2. THE PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF PERSONALITY DISORDERSChapter 3. PERSONALITY TRAITS/DISORDERS AND DEPRESSION: A SUMMARY OF CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL FINDINGSChapter 4. THE DEPRESSIVE PERSONALITY: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, ASSESSMENT, AND TREATMENTPART II: TREATMENT IMPLICATIONSChapter 5. THE IMPACT OF PERSONALITY ON THE PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF DEPRESSIONChapter 6. CLINICAL STRATEGIES FOR EFFICIENT TREATMENT OF MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER COMPLICATED BY PERSONALITY DISORDERChapter 7. REFRACTORY AND CHRONIC DEPRESSION: THE ROLE OF AXIS II DISORDERS IN ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENTChapter 8. BIPOLAR DISORDER AND PERSONALITY: CONSTRUCTS, FINDINGS, AND CHALLENGESChapter 9. EVALUATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF PERSONALITY FACTORS TO DEPRESSED MOOD IN ADOLESCENTS: CONCEPTUAL AND CLINICAL ISSUESChapter 10. THE IMPACT OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS ON LATE-LIFE DEPRESSIONINDEX