Depression Prevention

Ricardo F. Muñoz, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Palo Alto University. His B.A. is from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. Muñoz has served on three U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committees on prevention of mental disorders. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and was inducted as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science “for distinguished contributions towards the prevention of major depression and the development of Internet interventions to improve mental health worldwide.”

• Contributors. Preface. Part I – A Context for Depression Prevention Research 1. Depression Prevention Research: Conceptual and Practical Considerations Ricardo F. Muñoz 2. Preventing Depression: The Symptom, the Syndrome, or the Disorder? Paula J. Clayton 3. Epidemiological Issues in Measuring Preventive Effects Robert E. Roberts Part II – Toward the Prevention of Depression: Life Cycle Perspectives 4. Approaches to the Prevention of Depression with Children: A Self-Management Perspective Lynn P. Rehm 5. Prevention of Childhood Depression Sheila D. Ginsburg and Craig T. Twentyman 6. Autonomy and Self-Control: Key Concepts for the Prevention of Depression in Adolescents Marjorie H. Klein, John H. Greist, Sandra M. Bass and Mary Jane Lohr 7. Running Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: Implications for Depression Wesley E. Sime and Mark Sanstead 8. Primary Prevention of Postpartum Depression and Its Sequelae among Low-Income Hispanic Women Cynthia Telles 9. The Coping-with-Depression Course Peter M. Lewinsohn 10. Stress Management Training: An Approach to the Prevention of Depression in Low-Income Populations Betty Tableman 11. The Life Satisfaction Course: An Intervention for the Elderly Julia Steinmertz Breckenridge, Antonette M. Zeiss and Larry W. Thompson Part III – The Next Step: The First Randomized Prevention Trials 12. The San Francisco Depression Prevention Research Project: A Randomized Trial with Medical Outpatients Ricardo F. Muñoz, Yu Wen Ying, Regina Armas, Florentius Chan and Roberto Gurza 13. The Hispanic Social Network Prevention Intervention Study: A Community-Based Randomized Trial William A. Vega, Ramón Valle, Bohdan Kolody and Richard Hough Part IV – Future Directions for Depression Prevention Research 14. Structural Equation Models for Depression Prevention Research James N. Breckenridge 15. Overview of Biobehavioral Factors in the Prevention of Mood Disorders Hagop S. Akiskal 16. The Future of Depression Prevention Research Ricardo F. Muñoz. Index.