About this book series
The Depression and Personality book series presents cutting edge knowledge regarding the causes, treatment, and prevention of depression from a perspective that takes into account the interaction between depression and personality and the influences of multiple dimensions that contribute to the development, maintenance, and exacerbation of depression in different populations. The series is published in collaboration with the Millennium Institute for Research in Depression and Personality (MIDAP), a scientific center of excellence in Chile made up of psychologists, psychiatrists and professionals from various areas of social sciences and health, who seek to generate knowledge based on a multidimensional understanding of depression.
MIDAP’s characteristic multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach implies the development of an empirically-based model that takes into account the etiology, prevention, intervention, and rehabilitation of depression. This multidimensional and multidisciplinary model is evidenced in the titles of the series, which cover, individually or in combination, the following topics:
1. Basic bio-psycho-social structures and processes involved in depression and its interaction with the personality.
2. Health promotion and psychosocial intervention strategies that would prevent early conditions associated with the development of depression and personality dysfunction.
3. Psychotherapeutic interventions and mechanisms involved in symptomatic relief and change processes in diverse types of depressive patients. 4. Rehabilitation and reintegration interventions oriented to reduce the chronicity of depression and to maintain gains after treatment, as well as, topics regarding early-life maltreatment and co-morbid personality dysfunction as risk factors of chronic or recurrent courses of depression.
