{"product_id":"complex-depression-golan-shahar-9781433836077","title":"Complex Depression: The Role of Personality Dynamics and Social Ecology","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this empirical yet deeply humanistic work, Golan Shahar investigates the dynamic relationship between personality and social factors in complex depression, identifying avenues for research and offering hope for sufferers and treatment providers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shahar synthesizes research and clinical wisdom to enhance our understanding of complex depression, a mental illness defined by its chronicity, heterogeneity, and serious consequences including suicide. He focuses on Melanie Klein's object relations theory and depressive position, reconceptualizing both from a transtheoretical perspective, with an emphasis on four key factors: demeaning affect; affect regulation; maladaptive schemas and scripts; and a time axis consisting of past, current, and projected future experiences. Shahar also explores how individuals externalize self-critical feelings, in turn creating a malignant social environment and a vicious cycle of self-recrimination. To explain this toxic relationship, Shahar presents ecodynamics, a novel theory examining relationship patterns between the self and their social contexts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book offers tools and procedures for assessing complex depression and guidelines for integrative psychotherapy. Case examples, including the author's profound personal investigation into his stepfather's suicide, vividly demonstrate the causes and consequences of complex depression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Golan Shahar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433836076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433836077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Psychological Association (APA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.12w x 0.32d","brand":"Golan Shahar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44491555766527,"sku":"9781433836077","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6360180-8091-4e19-a658-527bf8eff436.jpg?v=1699451876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/complex-depression-golan-shahar-9781433836077","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}