Depression Runs in Families: The Social Context of Risk and Resilience in Children of Depressed Mothers [Paperback]

Depression runs in families. Above all, the goal of thisbook is to come to some conclusions about the meaning ofthat simple assertion, which has a far from simple ex-planation of meaning. This book is designed to address someof the gaps in previous research on depressive disorders inthe family context: the sheer numbers of people withaffective disorders marks them as our most commonpsychiatric problem.1 Studies of Children of Depressed Parents.- 2 Methods of the Current Study.- 3 Diagnoses and Dysfunction in Children at Risk.- 4 Vulnerability to Depression: The Role of Childrens Cognitions.- 5 Family Stress.- 6 Parent-Child Relationships and Depression.- 7 Familial and Parental Clinical Characteristics.- 8 Risk and Resilience.- 9 Summary and Implications: Understanding Depression in Families at Risk.- References.The research presented in this monograph investigates how a woman suffering from depression affects her children, and more specifically, if the child is also at risk to develop depression or another psychopathological state.