Complex Depression

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 & Health (STREALTH) research lab. He is also adjunct professor of child study and adult psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. Prof. Shahar'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.

Foreword Thomas Joiner An Introduction to the Personality and Social Dynamics of Complex Depression Acknowledgments Part I. Depression and Personality Chapter 1. The Complications of Depression Chapter 2. The Role of Personality in Complex Depression Part II. Psychodynamics and Ecodynamics Chapter 3. Reformulating Klein's Object Relations Theory and the Depressive Position Chapter 4. Human Ecology and Development Within Social Contexts: The Theory of Ecodynamics Part III. The Ecodynamics of Complex Depression Chapter 5. Applying the Reformulated Depressive Position and Ecodynamics to Complex Depression Chapter 6. Suicidal Depression: A Case Study of Complex Depression's Most Severe Consequence Chapter 7. Practical Implications for Assessment: Evaluating Complex Depression Via the Reformulated Depressive Position and Ecodynamics Chapter 8. Practical Implications for Psychotherapy: Specific Interventions for Treating Complex Depression References Index About the Author