Depression: The Evolution of Powerlessness / Edition 1

by Paul Gilbert

Overview

Depression: The Evolution of Powerlessness offers a fresh perspective on research, theory and conceptualisations of the depressive disorders, derived from evolution theory and arguing for the adoption of the biopsychosocial model.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138953154
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/10/2016
Series:	Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paul Gilbert, OBE is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Derby and has been actively involved in research and treating people with shame-based and mood disorders for over 30 years. He is a past President of the British Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapy and a fellow of the British Psychological Society. He was awarded the OBE for contributions to mental health in 2011.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction to Classic Edition Part 1: Types; History, Diagnoses, Epidemiology, and Personality 1. Introduction: Controversies Old and New 2. Depression: Types and Distinctions 3. Epidemiology: Relapse and Long-term Outcome 4. Personality, Personality Disorder and Depression Part 2: Concepts; The Evolution of Mental Mechanisms and the Needs for Power, Belonging and Self-value 5. The Evolution of Mental Mechanisms 6. The Evolution of Social Power and its Role in Depression 7. Notes on the Evolution of Self 8. Patterns of Depressive Self-organisation: Shame, Guilt, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Anger and Envy Part 3: Past and Current Theories 9. Psychoanalytic Theories of Depression: The Early Schools 10. Depression as Thwarted Needs 11. Archetypes, Biosocial Goals, Mentalities and Depressive Themes 12. Aspirations, Incentives and Hopelessness 13. Cognitive Theories of Depression 14. Behavioural Theories of Depression 15. Life Events, Interpersonal Theories and the Family 16. Conclusions: Complexities, Therapies and Loose Ends References Index Appendices

Editorial Reviews

Reviewing research findings from ethology, conditioning, and helplessness paradigms, shows how evolutionary theory provides explanatory models to illuminate the interplay of cognition, behavior, and biology in depression. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

'Reading this book changed my life as a researcher, guiding me into entirely new lines of inquiry. It provides an extraordinarily wide-ranging and erudite review of psychosocial theories and research about depression, but its greatest contribution is the elaboration of an evolutionarily-informed analysis of depression, especially how losses of rank and status and of social connection with others can activate evolved mechanisms that regulate affect and behavior and thereby trigger the syndrome of depression. Even 25 years later the book contains innumerable rich veins of novel ideas and hypotheses waiting to be mined by researchers and clinicians interested in depression.' - Professor David Zuroff, Department of Psychology, McGill University

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