ABSTRACT

This text, a collaboration between a clinical psychologist and a cognitive psychologist, offers a cognitive account of depression.

part I|46 pages

The Problem; Some Evidence; Previous Answers

part II|50 pages

The Interacting Cognitive Subsystems (ICS) Approach

chapter Chapter Six|18 pages

Two Levels of Meaning and their Interaction

chapter Chapter Seven|14 pages

ICS and Emotion

part III|56 pages

ICS and Mood-congruous Cognition in the Laboratory

chapter Chapter Eight|14 pages

ICS, Mood, and Memory

chapter Chapter Nine|12 pages

ICS and Mood-congruous Memory

chapter Chapter Eleven|16 pages

Mood Effects on Evaluative Judgement

part IV|56 pages

ICS, Negative Thinking, and the Maintenance of Depression

part V|37 pages

ICS, Depression, and Psychological Treatment

part VI|13 pages

Afterword

chapter Chapter Seventeen|11 pages

Applicable Theory: A Puzzle in Three Dimensions