Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Frederic Flach -- Adaptive styles in the etiology of depression / Peter C. Whybrow -- Depression and the immune system / Elinor M. Levy, Cheryl Chancellor-Freeland, and Richard Krueger -- Post-stroke depression / Rajesh M. Parikh and Robert G. Robinson -- Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and depression : multiple interactions / Arnold E. Andersen -- Group counseling for depressed older adults / Wanda Y. Johnson -- The risk of misdiagnosing physical illness as depression / Mark S. Gold -- Principles in psychotherapy for depression / Louis Jolyon West -- Cognitive therapy for depression / Robin B. Jarrett and A. John Rush -- Behavioral counseling for older adults with depression / Duane A. Lundervold -- The management and resolution of dependency in the depressed client / John A. Birtchnell -- Treatment of depression and the restoration of work capacity / Jim Mintz [and others] -- Psychosocial therapies for dysthymia / Robert H. Howland -- Alleviating symptoms of depression / Mary Ellen Copeland -- Decision making in the use of antidepressants : treatment considerations / Pedro L. Delgado and Alan J. Gelenberg.