Productive and unproductive depression : success or failure of a vital process

Foreword - John Bowlby. Part 1 - The process of depression. 1 Finding a model of normal depression. 2 Cause and function of emotions in general. 3 Cause and function of the basic depressed response. 4 Influences on the course run by depression. 5 Depression as affect, emotion, pattern of emotion, or syndrome. 6 The depressed response compared with other affects A: Grief, anxiety, depression, and anger in loss, change, or isolation. 7 The depressed response compared with other affects B: The role of shame and guilt in personal and group relations. 8 Two examples of depression and treatment. 9 Handicaps promoting unproductive depression. 10 Diagnostic perspectives. Part 2 - Development of the work of depression. 11 Development of the function of getting depressed. 12 Development of the work of depression, an illustiration. 13 Family influences on development. 14 Socio-cultural influences on development. Part 3 - Aid to the work of depression. 15 Self-help and informal first aid. 16 Professional aid th the depressed. 17 Case examples. 18 Concluding comments on professional aid

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