Gary Christopher, PhD, is a gerontologist working in the Centre for Innovative Ageing at Swansea University. His research focuses on memory and emotion regulation within the context of older adult mental health. He is particularly interested in dementia as an existential threat and ways to mitigate the impact.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1. WHAT IS DEPRESSION? 2. DIAGNOSIS AND ASSESSMENT 3. MODELS OF DEPRESSION 4. THE COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY PERSPECTIVE 5. DEPRESSION, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING 6. DEPRESSION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 7. TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT: PSYCHOLOGICAL 8. TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT: BIOLOGICAL 9. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 10. POSTLUDE

'Comprehensive in its scope and attuned to the impacts of lifespan, culture and evidence-based perspectives, this book will be a valuable resource in the diagnosis and management of depression, perhaps the most pressing mental health condition of our times.'Zindel Segal, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Mood Disorder, University of Toronto Scarborough.

Gary Christopher, PhD, is a gerontologist working in the Centre for Innovative Ageing at Swansea University. His research focuses on memory and emotion regulation within the context of older adult mental health. He is particularly interested in dementia as an existential threat and ways to mitigate the impact.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1. WHAT IS DEPRESSION? 2. DIAGNOSIS AND ASSESSMENT 3. MODELS OF DEPRESSION 4. THE COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY PERSPECTIVE 5. DEPRESSION, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING 6. DEPRESSION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 7. TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT: PSYCHOLOGICAL 8. TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT: BIOLOGICAL 9. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 10. POSTLUDE

'Comprehensive in its scope and attuned to the impacts of lifespan, culture and evidence-based perspectives, this book will be a valuable resource in the diagnosis and management of depression, perhaps the most pressing mental health condition of our times.'Zindel Segal, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Mood Disorder, University of Toronto Scarborough.

Gary Christopher, PhD, is a gerontologist working in the Centre for Innovative Ageing at Swansea University. His research focuses on memory and emotion regulation within the context of older adult mental health. He is particularly interested in dementia as an existential threat and ways to mitigate the impact.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1. WHAT IS DEPRESSION? 2. DIAGNOSIS AND ASSESSMENT 3. MODELS OF DEPRESSION 4. THE COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY PERSPECTIVE 5. DEPRESSION, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING 6. DEPRESSION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 7. TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT: PSYCHOLOGICAL 8. TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT: BIOLOGICAL 9. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 10. POSTLUDE

'Comprehensive in its scope and attuned to the impacts of lifespan, culture and evidence-based perspectives, this book will be a valuable resource in the diagnosis and management of depression, perhaps the most pressing mental health condition of our times.'Zindel Segal, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Mood Disorder, University of Toronto Scarborough.