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Depression: A Literature Review on Diagnosis, Subtypes, Patterns of Recovery, and Psychotherapeutic Models

Pages 351-364
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article summarizes data on the prevalence and diagnosis of depression as well as findings from research regarding recovery and relapse from depression. It also offers a summary of models of understanding depression from a range of psychotherapies that are empirically supported for the treatment of depression. Links are made between these models and transactional analysis theory.

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Mark Widdowson

Mark Widdowson, M.Sc., ECP, FHEA, is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy) and the author of Transactional Analysis: 100 Key Points and Techniques (Routledge). He is a doctoral candidate at the University of Leicester and has been conducting research investigating the process and outcome of transactional analysis psychotherapy for the treatment of depression. Mark can be reached at 3 Crossview Place, Glasgow G69 6JN, United Kingdom; e-mail: .
 

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