Children of depressed parents : mechanisms of risk and implications for treatment / edited by Sherryl H. Goodman and Ian H. Gotlib.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goodman, Sherryl H.

Gotlib, Ian H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of depressed persons--Mental health.

Children of depressed persons.

Parent and child.

Adjustment (Psychology).

Physical Description:

viii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2002]

Summary:

In Children of Depressed Parents: Mechanisms of Risk and Implications for Treatment, distinguished experts seek to discern the mechanisms and moderators for depression and other disorders in children of depressed parents. Among the most common of mental disorders, depression is a highly heritable and recurrent disorder that may be especially prevalent among women with young children. These factors converge to suggest that a high percentage of children are exposed to depression and are therefore at great risk for developing depression. The authors in this volume look at mechanisms that may help to transmit risk for developing depression and also at moderators that may help alleviate risk. This volume brings together diverse perspectives on interventions and risk factors, focusing not on one particular age group, but taking a developmental approach that examines children at various ages. The volume editors propose an integrative framework for understanding the risks for developing depression. Working from a rich empirical foundation, contributing authors provide clinical implications of the findings they discuss, making this a valuable book for researchers and clinicians alike.

Contents:

I. Mechanisms of Risk

Chapter 2. Nature-Nurture Interplay in the Risks Associated With Parental Depression / Judy Silberg, Michael Rutter 13

Chapter 3. Maternal Depression, Infant Psychobiological Development, and Risk for Depression / Sharon B. Ashman, Geraldine Dawson 37

Chapter 4. Prenatal Effects of Maternal Depression / Tiffany M. Field 59

Chapter 5. Parental Depression and Child Attachment: Hostile and Helpless Profiles of Parent and Child Behavior Among Families at Risk / Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Amy Lyubchik, Rebecca Wolfe, Elisa Bronfman 89

Chapter 6. Negative Cognitions in Offspring of Depressed Parents: Mechanisms of Risk / Judy Garber, Nina C. Martin 121

Chapter 7. Parental Depression and Offspring Disorders: A Developmental Perspective / Marian Radke-Yarrow, Bonnie Klimes-Dougan 155

Chapter 8. Context of Stress in Families of Children With Depressed Parents / Constance Hammen 175

II. Moderators of Risk

Chapter 9. Family Context: Fathers and Other Supports / Vicky Phares, Amy M. Duhig, M. Monica Watkins 203

Chapter 10. Children Coping With Parental Depression: Processes of Adaptation to Family Stress / Bruce E. Compas, Adela M. Langrock, Gary Keller, Mary Jane Merchant, Mary Ellen Copeland 227

Chapter 11. Gender-Specific Vulnerability to Depression in Children of Depressed Mothers / Lisa Sheeber, Betsy Davis, Hyman Hops 253

III. Intervention, Integration, and Recommendations

Chapter 12. Treatment, Intervention, and Prevention With Children of Depressed Parents: A Developmental Perspective / Tracy R. G. Gladstone, William R. Beardslee 277

Chapter 13. Transmission of Risk to Children of Depressed Parents: Integration and Conclusions / Sherryl H. Goodman, Ian H. Gotlib 307.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1557988757

OCLC:

47803791