This comprehensive, state-of-the-art handbook synthesizes the full breadth of contemporary knowledge about depression. Bringing together leading depression researchers and clinical practitioners, the volume offers in-depth coverage of the epidemiology, course, and outcome of depressive disorders current issues in classification, assessment, and diagnosis vulnerability and risk factors models of depression, including psychological and biological perspectives and effective approaches to prevention and treatment. Described are current approaches to pharmacotherapy advances in cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, couple, and family treatments and innovations in understanding and treating child and adolescent depression. Also addressed are culture and gender differences depression in later life and assessment and management of suicidality. --Publisher.