{"product_id":"complex-depression-9781433836077","title":"Complex Depression","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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’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 relationsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Joiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An Introduction to the Personality and Social Dynamics of Complex Depression\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Depression and Personality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Complications of Depression\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Role of Personality in Complex Depression\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Psychodynamics and Ecodynamics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Reformulating Klein’s Object Relations Theory and the Depressive Position\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Human Ecology and Development Within Social Contexts: The Theory of Ecodynamics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. The Ecodynamics of Complex Depression\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Applying the Reformulated Depressive Position and Ecodynamics to Complex Depression\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Suicidal Depression: A Case Study of Complex Depression’s Most Severe Consequence\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Practical Implications for Assessment: Evaluating Complex Depression Via the Reformulated Depressive Position and Ecodynamics\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Practical Implications for Psychotherapy: Specific Interventions for Treating Complex Depression\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e About the Author","brand":"American Psychological Association","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739181330775,"sku":"9781433836077","price":74.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/complex-depression-9781433836077","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}