Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Epidemiology of depression / Ronald C. Kessler and Philip S. Wong -- Course and outcome of depression / Robert J. Boland and Martin B. Keller -- Assessment of depression / Arthur M. Nezu ... [et al.] -- Methodological issues in the study of depression / Rick E. Ingram and Greg J. Siegle -- Personality and mood disorders / Daniel N. Klein, C. Emily Durbin, and Stewart A. Shankman -- Depression and medical illness / Kenneth E. Freedland and Robert M. Carney -- Bipolar and unipolar depression : a comparison of clinical phenomenology, biological vulnerability, and psychosocial predictors / Sheri L. Johnson, Amy K. Cuellar, and Christopher Miller -- Genetics of major depression / Douglas F. Levinson -- Neurobiological aspects of depression / Michael E. Thase -- Representation and regulation of emotion in depression : perspectives from affective neuroscience / Richard J. Davidson ... [et al.] -- Depression and early adverse experiences / Sherryl H. Goodman and Sarah R. Brand -- Children of depressed parents / Constance L. Hammen -- Cognitive aspects of depression / Jutta Joorman -- Depression in its interpersonal context / Thomas E. Joiner, Jr. and Katherine A. Timmons -- Social environment and life stress in depression / Scott M. Monroe, George M. Slavich, and Katholiki Georgiodes -- Understanding depression across cultures / Yulia E. Chentsova-Dutton and Jenne L. Tsai -- Gender differences in depression / Susan Nolen-Hoeksema and Lori M. Hilt -- Depression in children / Judy Garber, Catherine M. Gallerani, and Sarah A. Frankel -- Adolescent depression / Karen D. Rudolph -- Depression in couples and families / Joanne Davila, Catherine B. Stroud, and Lisa R. Starr -- Depression in later life : epidemiology, assessment, impact, and treatment / Dan G. Blazer and Celia F. Hybels -- Depression and suicide / Alan L. Berman -- Preventing first onset and recurrence of major depressive episodes / Ricardo F. Muñoz ... [et al.] -- Pharmacotherapy and other somatic treatments for depression / Michael J. Gitlin -- Cognitive and behavioral treatment of depression / Steven D. Hollon and Sona Dimidjian -- Pharmacotherapy and psychosocial therapies for depression in adults / David J. Miklowitz -- Marital, family and interpersonal therapies for depression in adults / Steven R.H. Beach, Deborah J. Jones, and Kameron J. Franklin -- Biological and psychosocial interventions for depression in children and adolescents / Nadine J. Kaslow, Shane P. Davis, and Chaundrissa Oyeshiku Smith -- Closing comments and future directions / Constance L. Hammen and Ian H. Gotlib.